Chapter Summaries

After awakening to his role as a doomed cannon-fodder husband, Luo Beishi decided to stay with the vegetative Huo Cixiao and take responsibility for his care. With help from his system, he gained caregiving knowledge and persuaded Uncle Chen to let him handle Huo Cixiao’s massages and nursing.

• Luo Beishi recalled escaping his wedding-night room, waking after a fall, and learning from his system that he was a cannon-fodder character in a book.
• Luo Beishi reassured Uncle Chen that he had not tried to run away and said he wanted to remain with Huo Cixiao.
• Luo Beishi asked to take over Huo Cixiao’s massages and nursing care, despite Uncle Chen’s doubts about the work and his lack of training.
• The system uploaded caregiving guides and massage techniques into Luo Beishi’s mind, and he insisted he could care for Huo Cixiao even if it meant leaving school.

Luo Beishi passed a nursing assessment and decided to stay with Huo Cixiao, hoping to earn enough from caring for him to repay the system. He finally entered Huo Cixiao’s room and saw his handsome husband lying unconscious.

• Old Master Huo agreed to let Luo Beishi take responsibility for caring for Huo Cixiao.
• A nursing professor praised Luo Beishi’s expertise, while the system told him the skills it had transferred would cost one million.
• Luo Beishi refused to visit his family, asked Uncle Chen to bring his belongings and documents from the Luo Family, and went upstairs to Huo Cixiao’s room.
• Luo Beishi entered Huo Cixiao’s bedroom and admired his unconscious husband’s looks.
• Uncle Chen brought Luo Beishi orange juice and snacks, and offered to fulfill any further requests.

Luo Beishi bought a super-strength skill from the system and massaged his vegetative husband, Huo Cixiao, while bodyguards collected his belongings from the Luo family villa and burned Huo Cifeng’s photos. After finishing the massage, Luo Beishi asked the system to calculate his reward.

• Luo Beishi asked Uncle Chen to add a lounge chair and learned that clothes had been prepared for him at Huo Cixiao’s villa.
• Luo Beishi bought the super-strength skill for two million, bringing his debt to the system to three million.
• Luo Beishi introduced himself to Huo Cixiao and massaged him while commenting on his muscular chest.
• Luo Ming sent bodyguards to collect Luo Beishi’s belongings, while Luo Bai secretly smiled at the thought of Luo Beishi suffering in the Huo family.
• A Long and A Hu led the bodyguards in burning Huo Cifeng’s photos at the waste incineration site.
• Luo Beishi finished massaging Huo Cixiao and asked the system to calculate his reward.

Luo Beishi learned that his daily reward was 20 million yuan and accepted a system task to secretly buy a 2% stake in the Huo Family before publicly announcing it. He also persuaded Grandpa Huo to withhold financial support from the Luo Family, then continued caring for the unconscious Huo Cixiao and considered stimulating him with stories and news.

• Luo Beishi received 20 million yuan through the system and learned his mandatory task was to prevent Huo Cifeng from gaining control of the Huo Family by buying a 2% stake under Huo Cixiao's name.
• The system promised to fund the stake purchase and told Luo Beishi to keep the acquisition quiet before announcing it publicly.
• Luo Beishi asked Uncle Chen to call Grandpa Huo and requested that he not transfer money to the Luo Family, and Grandpa Huo agreed.
• Grandpa Huo asked Old Liu what he thought of Luo Beishi, and Old Liu said the young madam differed from the rumors.
• Luo Beishi cleaned and cared for Huo Cixiao while discussing with Tongtong how external stimulation might help him wake.

While unconscious, Huo Cixiao listened as his newlywed wife, Luo Beishi, cared for him and read him news and a bedtime story, growing angry at Luo Beishi’s shameless familiarity. Before leaving for school, Luo Beishi arranged for Huo Cixiao’s bodyguards to protect him and turn him over regularly.

• Huo Cixiao realized he had been unconscious for about a year and learned from Luo Beishi that they had married the previous day.
• Luo Beishi read Huo Cixiao financial news and an improvised Snow White story before falling asleep beside him.
• The next morning, Luo Beishi completed Huo Cixiao’s care routine, and the system warned him that bad people had recently infiltrated the villa.
• Luo Beishi asked Uncle Chen to summon Huo Cixiao’s bodyguards and instructed them to guard the villa and turn Huo Cixiao over once an hour.
• Luo Beishi warned the bodyguards that he would hold them responsible if they failed to protect and care for Huo Cixiao.

Luo Beishi went to class despite the rumors about him and foiled Luo Bai’s attempt to frame him with a coffee prank. Back home, he sensed that Huo Cixiao might be unhappy, while Huo Cixiao remained convinced that Luo Beishi was plotting against him.

• Luo Beishi asked the system to send his biological parents Luo Bai’s victim-playing forum posts and unnerved the classmates gossiping about him.
• A Hu and A Long cared for Huo Cixiao and remarked that Luo Beishi seemed to care for him, but A Hu also said Luo Beishi liked Huo Cifeng.
• Huo Cixiao overheard A Hu and suspected Luo Beishi was an assassin helping Huo Cifeng seize his assets.
• Luo Bai arranged for a girl to splash coffee on Luo Beishi, but the system helped turn the prank against her, and Luo Beishi called out her act in front of the crowd.
• Luo Beishi returned home and wondered whether Huo Cixiao’s intense unhappiness meant he had regained consciousness, then changed into pajamas and lay beside him.

Luo Beishi refused to help the Luo Family claim the Huo Family’s ten-billion bride price and continued caring for Huo Cixiao, who questioned his motives. The next morning, Huo Qiuya stormed into the garden and tried to slap Luo Beishi, but A Long stopped her.

• Luo Ming called Luo Beishi to demand the bride price, but Luo Beishi refused and told him not to threaten him with the debt of raising him.
• Luo Ming raged and smashed things in his office after Luo Beishi ended the call.
• Luo Beishi felt satisfied, while Huo Cixiao wondered whether his wife had been forced into the marriage and why he cared for him so patiently.
• On Saturday, Luo Beishi carried Huo Cixiao to the villa garden and settled him on a lounge chair despite Uncle Chen’s concern.
• Huo Qiuya barged into the garden and tried to slap Luo Beishi, but he caught her hand and A Long restrained her when she tried again.

Luo Beishi drove Huo Qiuya away with a string of insults, then rested beside Huo Cixiao while Uncle Chen sent their peaceful scene to Old Master Huo. Meanwhile, Luo Bai agreed to ask Huo Cifeng for help with Luo Ming’s failing company, but Huo Cifeng hesitated when Luo Bai said they needed ten billion.

• Luo Beishi insulted Huo Qiuya and had A Long escort her out after she trespassed and disturbed him.
• Luo Beishi returned to sunbathing beside Huo Cixiao, and Uncle Chen photographed them and sent the picture to Old Master Huo.
• Luo Ming asked Luo Bai to seek Huo Cifeng’s help to save the Luo Family company, and Luo Bai reluctantly agreed.
• Luo Bai met Huo Cifeng at a café and tearfully said his father’s company needed around ten billion.
• Huo Cifeng comforted Luo Bai but hesitated because he had spent most of his money and faced an upcoming shareholders’ meeting.

Luo Beishi decided to help Huo Cixiao protect his Huo Group shares from Huo Cifeng, despite having little experience or money. He tracked down shareholder Li Qin and waited in a conference room to meet him.

• Huo Cifeng tried to persuade Luo Bai to let him handle Luo Bai’s trip abroad by contacting his father.
• Luo Beishi told the unconscious Huo Cixiao about Huo Cifeng’s attempt to seize control of the Huo Group and promised to help protect the shares.
• Luo Beishi planned to buy a home with the money he expected to earn through the system, so he would have somewhere to live if Huo Cixiao woke and sent him away.
• Luo Beishi reviewed a list of shareholders Huo Cifeng had not met and chose to approach Li Qin, who held three percent of the shares.
• Luo Beishi waited outside Red Name Enterprise, introduced himself to Li Qin, and followed his bodyguards to Conference Room 5.

Luo Beishi secured a two-percent stake in the Huo Corporation from Li Qin to protect Huo Cixiao’s interests, then returned home and hid the contract. The next day, he went to class and found Luo Bai had posted another message portraying himself as the victim, while Luo Beishi asked Tong about his biological parents.

• Luo Beishi had Tong cut power to Li Qin’s office after learning Li Qin was deliberately making him wait.
• Luo Beishi offered to buy two percent of the Huo Corporation from Li Qin at market price and revealed he had a lawful business and mineral veins abroad.
• Li Qin agreed to sell the shares, and Luo Beishi left with the signed contract after the transfer formalities were completed.
• Luo Beishi hid the contract at home and spoke to Huo Cixiao, who silently suspected he had gone to see Huo Cifeng.
• Luo Beishi went to class on Tuesday and saw that Luo Bai had posted on the forum, claiming their parents missed Luo Beishi and asking him to come home.
• Luo Beishi asked Tong how its investigation into his biological parents had gone.

Luo Beishi used the system to turn surveillance cameras toward himself when Luo Bai tried to stage a fall and frame him at school. He called for the police, leaving Luo Bai scrambling to deny that Beishi had pushed him.

• Luo Beishi negotiated with the system to transfer accounting knowledge and agreed to pay ten million for it.
• Huo Cixiao listened to Luo Beishi’s suspense audio drama while A Hu and A Long turned him over, and Huo silently threatened A Hu for joking about making him get up.
• Luo Bai chased Luo Beishi down in the school corridor and asked him to visit their parents, while Beishi mocked his performance.
• Luo Bai approached Luo Beishi and fell backward, prompting nearby students to accuse Beishi of pushing him.
• Luo Beishi turned the surveillance cameras toward them, offered to call the police, and watched Luo Bai claim he had fallen by himself.

Luo Beishi exposed Luo Bai’s staged fall at school, then went home and told Huo Cixiao about it. He planned to attend the shareholders’ meeting the next day and asked Tongtong to investigate the Luo Family company’s financial records, leaving his next move undisclosed to Huo Cixiao.

• A crooked-mouthed girl realized Luo Bai had used her, let go of him, and left after apologizing to Luo Beishi.
• A student recorded the confrontation and posted it on the school forum, while Luo Beishi asked Tongtong to pin the post permanently.
• Tongtong awarded Luo Beishi a face-slapping point, which he could save to restore Huo Cixiao’s muscles.
• Luo Beishi returned home, fed Huo Cixiao, and told him about the incident with Luo Bai.
• Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao he would attend the shareholders’ meeting the next day and later asked Tongtong for the Luo Family company’s financial records to check for tax evasion.

Luo Beishi planned to intervene in Huo Cifeng’s attempt to take control of the Huo Corporation while Huo Cixiao remained in a vegetative state. Meanwhile, the Qin Family struggled with its changed relationship with Luo Bai, who rejected Qin Feiyu’s message inviting him home.

• Luo Beishi went to shower, while Huo Cixiao wondered about his bargain wife and recalled that he had barely looked at Luo Beishi’s profile.
• At lunch, Qin Feiyu noticed the Qin Family’s strained mood, and Qin Lei told him to invite Luo Bai home for the weekend.
• Luo Bai received Qin Feiyu’s message and dismissed the Qin Family with disgust.
• After showering, Luo Beishi teased his unconscious husband with overbearing declarations, leaving Huo Cixiao horrified as he listened.
• Luo Beishi told A Long and A Hu that Huo Cifeng planned to seize control of the Huo Corporation and asked them to accompany him to the shareholders’ meeting.
• A Long agreed to take ten bodyguards with Luo Beishi to the Huo Group headquarters the next day.

Luo Beishi arrived at Huo Corporation’s shareholders’ meeting and revealed that he had financed Li Qin’s transfer of a 2% stake to Huo Cixiao, making Huo Cixiao the largest shareholder again. Huo Cifeng erupted in disbelief as Luo Beishi presented another document.

• Luo Beishi arranged to attend the shareholders’ meeting while leaving A Long’s third team to guard Huo Cixiao.
• Huo Cifeng began the meeting and Ling Kai prepared to announce changes to the board and shareholdings.
• Luo Beishi entered the meeting with ten bodyguards and took a seat as the shareholders watched.
• Ling Kai announced that Li Qin had transferred his 2% stake to Huo Cixiao, raising Huo Cixiao’s holding to 30%, one percent more than Huo Cifeng’s.
• Li Qin provided a notarized document showing that Luo Beishi had supplied 40 billion yuan to buy the shares for Huo Cixiao to hold on his behalf.
• Huo Cifeng stood and protested that Luo Beishi could not have obtained the money, while Luo Beishi handed A Hu another document.

Luo Beishi stunned the Huo Corporation shareholders by revealing his overseas company and its 80-billion registered capital, then won Old Master Huo’s support after the meeting. Huo Cifeng left for the Luo Corporation in anger, while Luo Beishi asked Grandpa Huo for guidance and invited him to visit Huo Cixiao.

• Ling Kai projected Luo Beishi’s internationally certified business license, revealing Shixiao Energy and Mining Company’s 80-billion registered capital.
• The shareholders were shocked by Luo Beishi’s wealth, and his system awarded him 20 Face-Slapping Points.
• After the meeting, Luo Beishi stayed with Old Master Huo while Huo Cifeng failed to get his attention and left in frustration.
• Huo Cifeng received Luo Bai’s call, hung up, and drove to the Luo Corporation, suspecting the Luo Family had taken his money and given it to Luo Beishi.
• Luo Beishi asked Old Master Huo for advice on future Huo Family disputes, and Grandpa Huo agreed to visit Huo Cixiao.

Luo Beishi helped Huo Cixiao gain control of Huo Corporation by buying him shares, while Old Master Huo realized the meaning behind Luo Beishi’s company name. Huo Cifeng threatened Luo Ming, who planned to confront Luo Beishi as news of the shareholders’ meeting spread.

• Uncle Chen welcomed Old Master Huo, who visited Huo Cixiao with Luo Beishi, while the bodyguards speculated that Luo Beishi had named his company after Huo Cixiao.
• Old Master Huo told the sleeping Huo Cixiao that Luo Beishi had spent forty billion to buy him 2% of Huo Corporation, leaving him 1% ahead of Huo Cifeng.
• Old Master Huo revealed that Luo Beishi’s company was called Shixiao Energy and Mining Company, and Huo Cixiao wondered what the name meant.
• Huo Cifeng confronted Luo Ming, threatened to target Luo Beishi, and reminded Luo Ming that he still held 40% of the Luo family’s shares.
• Luo Ming decided to seek out Luo Beishi and demand an explanation, while Luo Beishi read financial headlines about the shareholders’ meeting.

After securing Huo Corporation for Huo Cixiao, Luo Beishi resumed investigating the Luo Family’s finances and rejected Luo Ming when he came to visit. The chapter left Luo Beishi carefully feeding Huo Cixiao as Uncle Chen told him that Luo Ming had been turned away.

• Wealthy families learned that Luo Beishi was worth over a hundred billion and speculated that he had helped Huo Cixiao retain control of Huo Corporation.
• Luo Beishi fell asleep beside Huo Cixiao after earning only 20 face-slapping points, while Huo Cixiao wondered about his feelings for Huo Cifeng.
• After waking, Luo Beishi resumed searching the Luo Family’s financial records and found evidence of tax evasion.
• Luo Ming arrived at Huo Cixiao’s villa to see Luo Beishi, but the bodyguards turned him away under Luo Beishi’s orders.
• Luo Beishi carefully fed Huo Cixiao, and Uncle Chen told him that Luo Ming had come and been sent away.

After Luo Ming publicly accused Luo Beishi of exploiting the Luo Family, Luo Beishi exposed his tiny allowance and the money Luo Ming took from him, devastating the Luo Corporation. The Qin Family reconsidered its assumptions about Luo Beishi, but when Mother Qin asked to meet, he refused.

• Luo Ming posted an accusation against Luo Beishi through the Luo Corporation's official account, and netizens demanded evidence.
• Luo Beishi altered his bank records to show a 150-yuan monthly allowance and posted proof that Luo Ming had taken his part-time earnings to buy Luo Bai a study chair.
• Netizens condemned the Luo Family, the Luo Corporation suffered steep losses and a credibility downgrade, and Luo Ming passed out from rage.
• The Qin Family realized they might have misjudged Luo Beishi, while Qin Feiyu asked Mother Qin to choose between Luo Beishi and Luo Bai.
• Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao that he had refused Mother Qin's request to meet, saying his last hope had disappeared after she slapped him.

Luo Beishi teased his vegetative husband Huo Cixiao, while the Qin family discussed how to reach him after he blocked Mother Qin. The next day, Luo Beishi excelled in his computer exam and returned home early, leaving Huo Cixiao touched by his unexpected company.

• Luo Beishi pretended to kiss Huo Cixiao during a made-up story, then laughed and told him his part was over.
• Mother Qin told Qin Feiyu that Luo Beishi had blocked her, and Qin Feiyu agreed to try to meet his biological brother at school.
• Luo Beishi planned to send evidence of the Luo Family's financial irregularities to the tax inspection bureau.
• Luo Beishi finished both computer practical exams in about ten minutes, earned two perfect scores, and left school early.
• Luo Beishi returned home before eleven, and Huo Cixiao felt touched that he had come back to keep him company.

Qin Feiyu tried to see Luo Beishi but was turned away, and he began to recognize his mother's unequal treatment of the brothers. Meanwhile, the Luo Family faced a tax investigation and mounting financial trouble, leaving Luo Bai searching for another source of money.

• Qin Feiyu went to Luo Beishi's classroom, where Lan Li confronted him about the family's neglect and mistreatment of Beishi; Qin Feiyu could not reach Beishi because his calls were blocked.
• Qin Feiyu told his mother that Luo Beishi had once been seriously ill, then decided to stop looking for him as he noticed how little his mother cared compared with her concern for Luo Bai.
• Luo Ming returned to a company meeting, where inspectors arrived to investigate a tax-evasion report, and he fainted again.
• Luo Bai learned that the Luo Family had to repay taxes and fines and that his mother's relatives could not provide the money; he ignored Huo Cifeng's call.
• Luo Bai texted Shen Dong to ask him out, hoping the Shen Family's eldest son might lend him money.