Recaps

Luo Beishi persuaded Huo Cixiao to send New Year’s greetings to his uncles and cousins, while Huo Cifeng confronted the chaos in Huo Cheng’s home. The family’s argument erupted into a fight, and Luo Beishi arranged to send the footage to the police and share it with the prominent families’ group chat.

• Luo Beishi suggested Huo Cixiao send his uncles holiday wishes, red envelopes to his younger cousins, and New Year’s gifts, and Huo Cixiao agreed.
• Huo Cifeng returned home and questioned Huo Cheng about the chaos, where Hu La, Xinxin, Lin Lan, and Huo Qiuya were gathered.
• Hu La demanded to move into the house or leave with her son, and Huo Cheng pleaded with her to stay while reassuring Xinxin.
• Hu La slapped Xinxin, then attacked Huo Cheng after he scolded her, and Huo Cheng fought back when Xinxin fell to the floor.
• Luo Beishi laughed at the scene and told Tongtong to call the police, send the surveillance footage to the police station, and post it in the prominent families’ group chat.

Huo Cixiao and Luo Beishi grew closer as Huo Cixiao learned that Luo Beishi had arranged for his father to be taken into police custody. Meanwhile, Luo Bai visited the Liu Family with his mother, grew suspicious of her relationship with Liu Li, and followed Liu Yang to the backyard.

• Huo Cixiao sent New Year greetings to his uncles and red packets to his younger cousins, then persuaded Luo Beishi to put Momo in his bed.
• Luo Beishi showed Huo Cixiao news that his father was in police custody, and Huo Cixiao realized Luo Beishi had stood up for him.
• Huo Cixiao comforted Luo Beishi, held him on his lap, and watched comedy sketches with him.
• Luo Bai asked 250 why his Affection Points had fallen, then sent a mass New Year greeting to his admirers.
• At the Liu Family villa, Luo Bai noticed a strange exchange between his mother and Liu Li, and 250 urged him to investigate the family.
• Liu Yang offered to take Luo Bai to the backyard to see the flowers.

Liu Yang nudged Luo Bai toward the truth about Liu Fang’s role in his parents’ divorce, and Luo Bai stormed out of the Liu Family home. Meanwhile, Luo Beishi enjoyed Huo Cixiao’s affection, while Huo’s uncles realized his New Year’s greetings were prompted by his wife.

• Liu Yang hinted to Luo Bai that Liu Fang had been visiting his father and giving him plants and clothes, then let slip that he suspected she had driven Luo Bai’s mother away.
• Luo Bai left the Liu Family home in disgust, telling Liu Fang never to return as Mrs. Luo or take money from his father.
• Luo Beishi and the system discussed the Liu Family drama before Huo Cixiao gently asked what was on his mind.
• Luo Beishi asked Huo Cixiao for cherries and snacks, and Huo agreed to find him something that was not too heaty.
• Pei Xin and Pei Zhen wondered why Huo Cixiao had sent them New Year’s greetings, and Pei Qian explained that Huo was a slave to his wife.
• Pei Xin said he had heard Luo Beishi was ruthless, and Pei Qian said that made him a perfect match for Huo Cixiao.

The Pei Family learned that Huo Cixiao and Luo Beishi had helped expose the Huo Family’s latest brawl and felt relieved that Luo Beishi had protected Huo Cixiao. The next morning, Luo Beishi worked up the courage to kiss his husband, but Huo Cixiao kissed him first, leaving Luo Beishi wondering whether he had kissed someone else before.

• Pei Qian’s eldest aunt told the family that Huo Cheng, his mistresses, and Lin Lan had fought and ended up at the police station.
• Pei Qian recognized the circulated surveillance video as likely Luo Beishi’s work, and his uncles felt grateful that Luo Beishi had helped keep Huo Cixiao safe.
• The next morning, Luo Beishi told the system he wanted to kiss Huo Cixiao but worried about making the first move.
• Luo Beishi finally held Huo Cixiao’s face and tried to confess what he wanted, but Huo Cixiao kissed him first.
• Huo Cixiao teased Luo Beishi about being more direct next time, and Luo Beishi asked whether he had kissed someone else before.

Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao discussed the investigation into the coordinated attacks on Qin Feiyue, with Luo Bai emerging as a possible suspect. Huo Cixiao then told Luo Beishi that Qin Feiyue had depression and a tendency toward self-harm.

• Huo Cixiao offered to help resolve Qin Feiyue's situation, and Luo Beishi said Qin mattered, but not as much as his husband.
• Huo Cixiao explained that several companies had worked together against Qin Feiyue and that investigators expected results in a few days.
• Luo Beishi suspected Luo Bai might have been behind the attacks and asked Huo Cixiao to tell him as soon as he learned more.
• Huo Cixiao warned Luo Beishi that Qin Feiyue had depression and a tendency toward self-harm.

Luo Beishi tracked the haters who had targeted Qin Feiyue and asked Huo Cixiao to investigate Luo Bai’s parentage. As Huo Cixiao arranged the DNA tests, the two drew closer, ending the chapter together in the study while the system teased them.

• Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao that solving the problem at its root and exposing the worst haters mattered most.
• Luo Beishi used his new hacking skill to trace the haters’ IP addresses and asked the system to gather information about them and their finances.
• Luo Beishi examined Huo Cixiao’s email about Luo Bai and decided to request DNA tests for Luo Bai, Luo Ming, and Liu Fang.
• Luo Beishi asked Huo Cixiao to arrange the tests, and Huo Cixiao agreed while asking him to follow his verified blog account as his wife.
• Luo Beishi changed his blog name and profile picture, followed Huo Cixiao, and kissed him; the system later teased them about making out in the study.

Luo Beishi helped expose the executives and companies behind the smear campaign against Qin Feiyue, who learned the truth and received reassurance from his younger brother. The revelations brought arrests and severe backlash for the companies, while Luo Beishi uncovered how Luo Bai had orchestrated the plot and vowed to make him despair.

• Huo Cixiao brought Luo Beishi milk and reflected on how his husband had helped him recover, while deciding to tell him that he had regained consciousness earlier.
• Qin Feiyue's manager told him that executives from several companies, including his former agency, had coordinated the smear campaign and that Huo Corporation was helping protect him.
• Qin Feiyue read the revelations online, and Luo Beishi messaged him to stay home and avoid harming himself; Qin Feiyue insisted that he was not crying.
• Luo Beishi publicly threatened legal action against people who had continued smearing Qin Feiyue, prompting public outrage and boycotts as implicated executives were arrested and the companies' shares plunged.
• Luo Beishi learned that Luo Bai had manipulated executives into believing Qin Feiyue was a villain and had encouraged them to manufacture evidence against him.

Luo Beishi learned that Luo Bai was not Luo Ming’s biological son and arranged to spread the truth among Luo Ming’s relatives. He used the Beauty Card, which changed his appearance in unexpected ways and left him flustered when Huo Cixiao saw him.

• Luo Ming listened to evidence that Liu Fang had betrayed him and passed out from shock and rage.
• Luo Beishi learned that Luo Bai was Liu Fang’s son but not Luo Ming’s, and that Luo Bai’s biological father remained unknown.
• Luo Beishi decided to spread the news among Luo Ming’s relatives, while the system offered him a free Beauty Card in exchange for a cardiac stimulant and sedative plan.
• Luo Beishi used the Beauty Card and discovered that it had removed his belly fat and changed his skin tone.
• Huo Cixiao entered the washroom, saw Luo Beishi’s altered appearance, and blushed as Luo Beishi teased him and asked for a kiss.

Huo Cixiao carried Luo Beishi back to their room, while Luo Ming suddenly recovered enough to request his lawyer. After the Luo Family accused Luo Bai of not being Luo Ming’s son, they agreed to another DNA test, leaving Liu Fang terrified that her deception would be exposed.

• Huo Cixiao carried the sleeping Luo Beishi to their room and continued their unfinished intimacy while the bodyguards speculated about them.
• Luo Ming woke from his apparent coma, pulled out his IV, and asked a police officer to contact his lawyer.
• The Luo Family confronted Luo Bai at home, accused him of being unrelated to Luo Ming, and called the police; Luo Ming agreed with Luo Bai to take another DNA test.
• Liu Fang panicked when she learned about the test and told her younger brother how she had arranged the baby swap and falsified an earlier DNA report.
• After giving blood for the test, Luo Bai reassured Luo Ming that everything would be fine, while Third Aunt Luo accused him of planning to fake the results.

After the paternity results revealed that Luo Bai was not Luo Ming’s son, Luo Ming disowned him and ordered his household cleared out. Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao learned that Luo Bai was Liu Fang and Xu Qing’s child, while an injured Luo Bai tried to secure Qin Feilin’s support.

• Luo Ming ordered Lawyer Wang to remove Luo Bai from the household register, revise his will, prepare a divorce agreement, and clear the outsiders from his home.
• The younger Luo Family members beat Luo Bai after Luo Ming was taken away by the police.
• Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao learned that Luo Bai was Liu Fang and Xu Qing’s son, and that Xu Qing had recently been released from prison.
• Huo Cixiao asked Luo Beishi for a kiss, and they began kissing while the system watched.
• Luo Bai called Qin Feilin from the hospital, hoping his injuries would persuade him to take him back into the Qin Family.
• Qin Feilin arrived late with his assistant, and Luo Bai began sobbing that the Luo Family had bullied him because he was not their biological child.

Qin Feilin confronted Luo Bai in the hospital, exposed his manipulations, and arranged to report him over money taken from a psychiatric patient. Luo Beishi then arranged to leak more news about Luo Bai while seeking comfort from Huo Cixiao as school approached.

• Luo Bai confessed his feelings to Qin Feilin, who rejected him and accused him of manipulating the Qin family and framing Luo Beishi.
• Luo Bai stopped pretending and blamed the Qin family for enabling him, but Qin Feilin ordered his assistant to call the police.
• Qin Feilin told Luo Bai that Qu Wanying had been sent to a psychiatric hospital and that Luo Bai had to return the two hundred million she transferred to him.
• Luo Beishi asked Tongtong to leak news about Luo Bai to Xu Qing, intending to take advantage of his downfall.
• Luo Beishi lamented that school was about to start, and Huo Cixiao kissed him to cheer him up.

Luo Bai met Xu Qing, who claimed to be his biological father, while Luo Beishi watched their mutual deception from home and bought knowledge of eight languages. The next day, Luo Beishi continued sleeping through school before driving to the Huo Group to see Huo Cixiao.

• Luo Bai let Xu Qing into his apartment after 250 identified him as Luo Bai’s biological father, and Xu Qing claimed he had recently returned from overseas and wanted to cook for him.
• Luo Beishi laughed at Luo Bai’s meeting with Xu Qing, discussed leaving Huo Cifeng to Huo Cixiao, and bought knowledge of eight languages from the system.
• Luo Beishi discovered that Huo Cixiao had been secretly reading a Russian romance book and teased the system after it called him hard of hearing.
• Luo Beishi settled into his new class by sleeping in a corner, impressed his teachers with full marks and insightful answers, and drove to the Huo Group to see Huo Cixiao.

Luo Beishi confronted Huo Cifeng and Assistant Zhang at Huo Corporation, using a bluff about having evidence to intimidate them while Huo Cixiao supported him. After they left, Luo Beishi admitted to the system that he had no evidence and had used psychological warfare to unsettle them.

• Huo Cixiao met Luo Beishi in the lobby and offered to have milk tea brought up as they went to his office.
• Huo Cifeng and Assistant Zhang arrived, and Luo Beishi taunted Huo Cifeng about Huo Cheng and threatened to expose him with supposed evidence.
• Luo Beishi warned Assistant Zhang not to look at Huo Cixiao, and Huo Cixiao urged Luo Beishi to leave with him.
• After they entered the elevator, Luo Beishi told the system he had no evidence and explained that he had bluffed to make Huo Cifeng and Assistant Zhang panic.

Huo Cixiao brought Luo Beishi to his office and confessed that missing him made work difficult. Their affectionate distractions delayed his work into the evening, while employees discussed their relationship in company chats.

• Huo Cixiao told Luo Beishi that being apart from him made going to work difficult, and Luo Beishi answered with a romantic poem.
• The system told Luo Beishi that it had found Huo Cixiao's report on the consequences of blowing up his school, making him laugh.
• Special Assistant Wen reflected on how Luo Beishi had rescued Huo Corporation and bought Huo Cifeng's shares while Huo Cixiao was unconscious.
• Huo Cixiao showed Luo Beishi the cake sofa he had prepared, and Luo Beishi used his phone to order drinks.
• Employees discussed the earlier elevator-lobby confrontation and Huo Cixiao's affectionate behavior toward Luo Beishi in company WeChat groups.
• Luo Beishi woke in Huo Cixiao's arms that evening and repeatedly kissed him as he worked, prompting Huo Cixiao to stop concentrating and the system to warn Luo Beishi.

Qin Feiyue and Qin Feiyu refused to help Qu Wanying after she was confined to a madhouse, leaving her isolated and helpless. Later, Qin Feiyu came to visit Luo Beishi, who planned to veto Qin Feiyu’s award-nominated project in retaliation for his past cruelty.

• Qin Feiyue ignored Qu Wanying’s desperate call, mistook her for an aunt, and decided he would not help her.
• Qu Wanying called Qin Feiyu, who refused to rescue her and reminded her that she had favored Luo Bai and left him unsupported.
• Qu Wanying tried to call Luo Bai and then Luo Beishi, but her phone died; staff caught her escaping and returned her to her room.
• Qin Feiyu reflected that he owed Luo Beishi an apology, while Luo Beishi rested at home.
• Luo Beishi told A-Niu to let Qin Feiyu approach before telling him he was not home, and revealed he had bought the power to veto Qin Feiyu’s award-nominated project.

Qin Feiyu visited the Huo estate hoping to apologize to Luo Beishi, but learned Luo was away and had to walk back out through the snow. Meanwhile, Luo Beishi enjoyed Qin’s frustration and spent time with Huo Cixiao and their puppy, while Luo Bai envied his life and received care from Xu Qing.

• Qin Feiyu entered the Huo estate on foot, mistaking its open gates for a chance to see Luo Beishi.
• A Hu told Qin Feiyu that Luo Beishi was away at the hot springs with Huo Cixiao, and Qin Feiyu walked back to his car in the freezing cold.
• Luo Beishi watched Qin Feiyu’s misfortune through the system and said he had sent Wen Gong to represent him at Qin’s upcoming competition.
• Huo Cixiao tried to train Momo with a dog-training book while Luo Beishi laughed and encouraged him to teach their puppy.
• Luo Bai saw Qin Feiyu’s photo of the Huo villa and lamented his bad luck as Xu Qing brought him congee and promised to care for him until his cast came off.

Luo Beishi watched Zhang Ze and Huo Cifeng’s relationship turn intimate, then spent time with Huo Cixiao and Momo. The couple discussed a summer vacation before Huo Cixiao prepared to check on Henry in prison.

• Luo Beishi watched Huo Cifeng beg Zhang Ze for help, then saw Zhang Ze take advantage of him and hurriedly shut off the footage.
• Huo Cixiao tried to teach Momo incantations, but Luo Beishi rescued the sleepy puppy, and Huo Cixiao asked Luo Beishi to pet his head instead.
• Old Master Huo and Old Liu joked that Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao were a well-matched pair who might conspire to destroy the world.
• Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao discussed summer vacation, and Huo Cixiao said he would explain why he liked Luo Beishi when he could put it into words.
• Huo Cixiao revealed that he was targeting Henry because Henry had tried to seduce Luo Beishi while Huo Cixiao was unconscious, then summoned A Hou to check on Henry in prison.

Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao watched Henry emerge after Huo Cixiao acquired his company as compensation for Luo Beishi. Meanwhile, Huo Cixiang plotted revenge, Liu Yang tried to escape the Liu Family’s bodyguards, and Luo Beishi arranged for Liu Yang to be taken to Wei Shida’s home.

• Huo Cixiao told Luo Beishi that he had acquired Henry’s company and transferred it into Luo Beishi’s name, then they watched Henry curse Huo Cixiao.
• Huo Cixiang returned home and blamed Luo Beishi for his father’s imprisonment and his own troubles.
• Huo Cixiang insulted Third Aunt Huo, who halved his allowance and left the residence, while he stayed in his room cutting up Luo Beishi’s photographs.
• Liu Yang decided to seek help from Luo Beishi, but Liu Fang sent bodyguards after him as he fled.
• After the system showed Luo Beishi surveillance footage of Liu Yang’s escape, Luo Beishi told A-Niu to have someone take Liu Yang to Wei Shida’s home.

Liu Yang escaped Liu Fang’s men and reached Luo Beishi’s home, where A Tu protected him and arranged to take him to Wei Shida’s house. While Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao flirted and planned a hot spring trip, Liu Fang was questioned by police over the attempted abduction.

• Liu Yang reached Luo Beishi’s home, and A Tu pulled him inside before Liu Fang’s men could catch him.
• A Tu used the gate’s water-and-electricity defenses to incapacitate Liu Fang’s men and told Liu Yang he would be taken to Wei Shida’s house.
• Luo Beishi learned that A Tu had a boyfriend, then teased Huo Cixiao while he worked in the study.
• Huo Cixiao invited Luo Beishi to a hot spring resort next weekend, and the two flirted about being together.
• Police confronted Liu Fang with evidence that she had hired the bodyguards and reprimanded her for their dangerous pursuit of Liu Yang.

Luo Bai refused to help Liu Fang and considered suing her, while Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao discussed the online backlash against him and chose to wait before responding. Liu Yang visited the Wei Family and apologized to his stepfather for believing the accusations against him.

• Luo Bai told Xu Qing that he would not use his connections to get Liu Fang released and asked whether suing her would upset him.
• Liu Fang tore up Luo Bai’s lawyer’s letter, then had to clean up the pieces before returning to her detention cell.
• Luo Beishi joked with Huo Cixiao about Liu Fang’s schemes and reassured him that their relationship was happy.
• Lan Li warned Luo Beishi that online opinion had turned against him, and he decided to wait a few days before responding.
• Liu Yang apologized to Uncle Wei for believing the bad things people had said about him.

Liu Yang reunited with Zhang Donglan and learned more about Liu Fang’s crimes, then met her stepson A She, who repeatedly called him “pretty boy.” The chapter ended with A She agreeing to take Liu Yang along for morning training.

• Zhang Donglan welcomed Liu Yang to live with her and reassured him that he had escaped the Liu Family.
• Liu Yang told Zhang Donglan that Huo Beishi planned to have the Huo Corporation’s lawyers pursue Liu Fang over the child-swapping and suspected fraud.
• Zhang Donglan recalled that she had discovered Liu Fang with her ex-husband but had stayed silent because she feared retaliation.
• Liu Yang asked Zhang Donglan to arrange a meal with Huo Beishi so he could thank him for helping.
• A She came home, called Liu Yang “pretty boy,” and learned Liu Yang wanted to see Huo Beishi.
• Wei Shida told A She to take Liu Yang to train, and A She agreed with a mischievous smile.

Qin Feiyu presented his hundred-million-yuan project at the competition, confident he would advance, but head judge Wen Gong eliminated him. Wen Gong revealed that the project violated the individual-competition rules and that its in-vehicle software category had already been excluded, leaving Qin Feiyu facing questions about how he passed the preliminary round.

• Qin Feiyu arrived at the competition venue and drew presentation number thirty, then spotted Wen Gong serving as head judge.
• Luo Beishi learned from the system that Wen Gong had once seriously pursued Qin Feiyu, and he looked forward to the personal sting of Wen Gong rejecting him.
• Qin Feiyu presented his project confidently, unaware that the organizers had removed the in-vehicle software category from consideration before registration opened.
• Wen Gong read the elimination list and announced that Qin Feiyu had been eliminated, prompting Qin Feiyu to accuse him of abusing his authority.
• Wen Gong said he had veto power, criticized Qin Feiyu's project, and explained that it was team work submitted as an individual project and belonged to an excluded category.

Luo Beishi rushed to Huo Cixiao’s office after learning a new intern secretary had his eye on his husband. He provoked Huo Cixiao into firing Qin Muxi, leaving the intern stunned at the door.

• After Wen Gong rebuked Qin Feiyu, the onlookers criticized Qin Feiyu, and Wen Gong returned to his work.
• Luo Beishi learned from the system that a new male intern secretary was trying to get close to Huo Cixiao, so he drove to the corporation.
• Qin Muxi greeted Luo Beishi and privately looked down on him, but Luo Beishi noticed his contempt and asked whether he was the new intern.
• Luo Beishi brought Qin Muxi toward Huo Cixiao’s office, where Huo Cixiao warmly embraced Luo Beishi and glared at the intern.
• Luo Beishi claimed Qin Muxi had glared at him, and Huo Cixiao ordered the secretarial department to send the intern to finance for his final pay.

After Pei Xin was detained on suspicion of researching illegal drugs, Luo Beishi asked Huo Cixiao to investigate and the Pei Family counted on their formidable nephew to help. Luo Beishi then suspected the Xu Family and decided to have the system steal files from its research institute.

• Luo Beishi ignored Qin Feiyu, while Huo Cixiao arranged a hot spring trip and blocked Huo Cifeng after Huo Cifeng threatened to reveal his secret.
• Luo Beishi rushed to tell Huo Cixiao that Pei Xin had been detained, and Huo Cixiao ordered Special Assistant Wen to investigate the Pei Family and its pharmaceutical rivals.
• Pei Xin was isolated in detention and wondered whether a mole had altered the laboratory data, while his wife reassured Pei Qian and Pei Zhen that Huo Cixiao would help.
• Luo Beishi refused to let the system alter the data after police had checked it, then pointed out that the Xu Family could benefit from Pei Corporation's troubles.
• Luo Beishi told the system to steal files from the Xu Corporation research institute's heavily protected computer system.

Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao learned that the Xu Corporation had bribed Eldest Uncle’s research team to frame him, while the Xu Family’s scandal brought its company to the brink. At Pei Corporation, the team’s innocence was confirmed, and Luo Bai grew more resentful of Luo Beishi as Xu Qing quietly watched him.

• Huo Cixiao told Luo Beishi that Eldest Uncle’s entire research team had betrayed him after the Xu Corporation offered them more money.
• The Xu Corporation’s protected-wildlife research scandal triggered international condemnation, a share-price collapse, and the shutdown of its pharmacies.
• At Pei Corporation, the female special assistant reported that evidence had cleared the research institute and identified the Xu Family’s eldest son’s assistant as the person behind the framing.
• Eldest Aunt credited Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao with helping the family, then arranged to get President Pei released and prepared tissues for him.
• Luo Bai complained to Xu Qing that Luo Beishi had ignored his public callout, then admitted he feared returning to school and still wanted revenge.
• Xu Qing watched Luo Bai grip his wheelchair’s armrests and sneered inwardly.