Chapter Summaries

After Luo Beishi discovered that a maid had tried to poison him and Huo Cixiao, he exposed her connection to the Huo Family’s second branch and decided to make the remaining suspicious maids work on the estate’s unused land. The chapter ended with the maids realizing they could not afford the penalty for quitting and would have to farm.

• Luo Beishi noticed that his congee had been drugged and ordered the villa locked down, leading the bodyguards to catch a maid who had tampered with it.
• Luo Beishi pressured the maid into admitting that a mysterious employer had paid her to poison him and Huo Cixiao, then had the evidence sent to the police.
• Luo Beishi asked Tongtong to identify the person behind the attempt, and Tongtong named Mo Baili, the madam of the Huo Family’s second branch.
• Luo Beishi told Uncle Chen to have the ten remaining maids clear twenty mu of land and live in a shed, warning them that quitting early would cost them a million.

Luo Beishi turned the male models sent by Huo Cihai into gym workers, while Huo Cifeng faced ridicule and mounting debt. Meanwhile, Luo Bai waited nervously for the Shen Family's eldest young master at a café.

• Huo Cihai read gossip about Luo Beishi and decided to send him male models.
• Luo Beishi had Uncle Chen buy a struggling gym and sent the male models there to hand out flyers and work as trainers.
• Young masters mocked Huo Cifeng, who left their private room and vowed to take revenge after hearing them ridicule him.
• Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao how he had put the male models to work, and Huo Cixiao felt relieved that his wife remained devoted to him.
• Huo Cihai learned that the male models were working at a gym, while the models shivered in the cold as they distributed flyers.
• Luo Bai met the Shen Family's eldest young master at a café and apologized for being too busy to see him.

Luo Beishi learned that Luo Bai had drawn Shen Dong into helping the Luo family, then mocked Shen Dong as a simp and refused him entry to the Huo villa. Shen Dong kicked the electrified gate and was taken to the hospital, while a livestream spread the humiliating scene.

• Shen Dong comforted Luo Bai and promised to help with the Luo family's tax troubles, dismissing the Huo Family as vulnerable without Huo Cixiao.
• Luo Beishi discussed using Shen Dong and Huo Cifeng's rivalry over Luo Bai to provoke a major move from the Shen Family, then took Huo Cixiao to the garden.
• Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao that he had turned the villa lawn into a vegetable garden and had the assassin maids learn to farm.
• A-Niu told Luo Beishi that Shen Dong was at the gate, and Luo Beishi ordered him turned away as a simp with no backup options allowed.
• The bodyguards delivered Luo Beishi's refusal to Shen Dong, who kicked the electrified gate and was rushed to the hospital.
• A livestream chat mocked Shen Dong and discussed his infatuation with Luo Bai.

Luo Beishi's reputation and influence grew as Shen Dong faced punishment and Huo Cifeng regretted alienating him. After class, Luo Beishi rejected Luo Bai's plea for help with the Luo Family and went home to care for Huo Cixiao.

• Online attacks against Luo Bai's school account continued, while Shen Dong was grounded by the Shen Family after being shocked at Luo Beishi's gate.
• Huo Cifeng learned that Luo Beishi's overseas mineral business was real and regretted not accepting him before.
• Huo Cixiao listened to audio dramas at home, then learned from A Long and A Hu that Luo Beishi had electrified the villa gate and Shen Dong had been knocked out by it.
• Luo Bai tried to persuade Luo Beishi to save the Luo Family, but Lan Li shoved him away and defended Luo Beishi.
• Luo Beishi thanked Lan Li and declined her invitation to eat, saying he needed to go home and care for his husband.

Shen Dong was trapped at home while Luo Bai visited Mother Qin to seek her help against Luo Beishi, but left without securing a promise of money. Mother Qin remained caught between helping Luo Bai and protecting her biological son, Beishi.

• Shen Dong found himself locked in a room with no electronics and struggled to figure out how to get out.
• Luo Bai decided to appeal to Mother Qin for help, worried about the Luo Family's troubles and his father's repeated hospitalizations.
• Luo Bai saw that Mother Qin had been looking at a photo of Luo Beishi and hid his jealousy as he asked her to stop Beishi from harming the Luo Family.
• Mother Qin offered to lend Luo Bai money, but he said the Luo Family's needs were too great for the Qin Family to cover.
• Mother Qin accidentally wiped Luo Bai's face with a cleaning rag, prompting him to run off retching and wash for over ten minutes.
• Luo Bai declined to ask for a loan and left, while Mother Qin decided she would try speaking with Beishi.

Luo Beishi arranged a barbecue to reward Huo Cixiao’s bodyguards, then planned to enjoy the food and try partner yoga with her husband. The barbecue arrived as Huo Cixiao silently panicked about her plans.

• Luo Beishi dismissed the news that Luo Bai had sought help from Mother Qin and said he had cut ties with the Qin Family.
• Luo Beishi told the unconscious Huo Cixiao he was holding a barbecue for the bodyguards, and Huo Cixiao assumed she wanted to befriend his subordinates.
• The bodyguards gathered at the estate for the barbecue, grateful for Luo Beishi’s hospitality and his changes to their schedules and security measures.
• Luo Beishi returned to Huo Cixiao’s room, complained that the grilling was slow, and proposed doing partner yoga with him after dinner and a massage.
• A servant knocked to announce that Luo Beishi’s barbecue had arrived, while Huo Cixiao worried about her yoga plans.

Luo Beishi enjoyed his first barbecue while Huo Cixiao misunderstood his comments as proof that he was stingy and devoted to his husband. Meanwhile, Mrs. Qin failed to visit Beishi and sent Luo Bai a hundred million in compensation, worsening tensions with her family.

• Luo Beishi savored barbecue and told Huo Cixiao that he had never been allowed to eat it before, while Huo Cixiao interpreted his words as evidence that Beishi was stingy.
• Mrs. Qin waited outside the manor villa for over an hour, failed to reach Luo Beishi, and decided to transfer Luo Bai a hundred million from her private savings.
• Luo Bai grew furious after receiving the money, believing Mrs. Qin was fobbing him off instead of contacting Luo Beishi.
• Mr. Qin confronted Mrs. Qin about the transfer and told her that Luo Bai was not his son, while she defended him.
• Qin Feiyu criticized Mrs. Qin for favoring Luo Bai and said she had never shown him genuine concern.

Luo Beishi watched Luo Bai’s public appeal collapse into ridicule and kept the assassins and male escorts sent by Huo Cihai occupied with cleaning, farming, and gym work. Huo Cixiao feared Huo Cihai’s intentions and vowed to deal with him after waking, while Luo Beishi hoped the massage liquid would keep Huo Cixiao asleep longer.

• Luo Beishi saw Luo Bai blame him for the Luo Family’s troubles, while netizens mocked Luo Bai and he deleted the post after learning that framing someone could lead to prison.
• Luo Beishi supervised the villa’s cleaning as the assassin maids complained about farming and being made to clean the swimming pool.
• The male escorts worked hard to meet their gym targets, and Luo Beishi ordered Uncle Chen to arrange the purchase of another nearby gym.
• Huo Cixiao suspected that Huo Cihai had sent the escorts to undermine him and vowed not to spare him after he woke.
• Luo Beishi asked Tongtong when Huo Cixiao would wake and privately hoped he would absorb less of the massage liquid.
• Huo Cihai watched the male escorts handing out flyers and lamented the money tied up in their contracts and the maids still farming.

Luo Beishi retaliated against Shen Dong for spreading rumors by exposing an embarrassing incident from his school days, forcing the Shen Family to apologize publicly and offer him shares. Shen Dong’s father froze his cards, and Shen Dong was pinned down by bodyguards as he tried to leave his hotel room.

• Luo Beishi learned that Shen Dong had escaped and hired people to spread rumors about him, then exposed a video of Shen Dong falling face-first into dog shit at school.
• Shen Dong found the video trending online and watched his reputation collapse as people mocked him.
• Father Shen ordered a bodyguard to bring Shen Dong home and froze his cards, then decided the Shen Family needed to apologize to Luo Beishi.
• The Shen Corporation publicly apologized to Luo Beishi and offered him a 2% stake, but Luo Beishi refused the shares and told the family to control Shen Dong.
• Shen Dong discovered that his bank account had been frozen, and a group of bodyguards pinned him to the floor when he opened his hotel-room door.

Luo Beishi kept Shen Dong and the Shen Family under pressure, then went to class and listened to an audio drama with Huo Cixiao while insisting he would wake. At home, he soothed Huo Cixiao’s jealousy over his time with Lan Li, while Huo Cifeng faced his father’s demands over the shares.

• Luo Beishi said he had rejected the Shen Family’s offer of two percent of their shares and preferred to keep them anxious.
• At school, Luo Beishi sat beside Lan Li, who asked about his perfect computer exam scores and his husband’s condition.
• Luo Beishi shared an audio drama with Huo Cixiao and told Lan Li he believed Huo Cixiao would wake; Lan Li offered her support.
• Huo Cixiao grew jealous when the audio drama kept pausing, but Luo Beishi fed him warm, boneless fish soup and eased his displeasure.
• At the Huo family’s eldest branch, Huo Cifeng’s father demanded that he recover the shares he had transferred, while Huo Cifeng claimed he had a plan.

Huo Cifeng learned that Lin Lan had arranged Luo Beishi’s marriage to Huo Cixiao and grew jealous after seeing Shen Dong’s public support for Luo Bai. At university, Luo Beishi paid Tongtong to transfer advanced mathematics knowledge to him, then impressed his class by solving a calculus problem.

• Huo Cifeng questioned Father Huo about the shares and learned that Lin Lan had arranged for Luo Beishi to marry Huo Cixiao.
• Lin Lan warned Huo Cifeng to stay away from Luo Bai, but he refused and left the family dinner in anger.
• Huo Cifeng saw trending posts about Shen Dong and Luo Bai, then ordered Assistant Zhang to investigate Luo Bai and track Luo Beishi’s schedule.
• Luo Beishi paid Tongtong ten million to transfer advanced mathematics knowledge to him.
• Gao Beibei called on Luo Beishi to solve a calculus problem, and he filled the whiteboard with a swift, methodical solution.

Luo Beishi rejected Mrs. Qin when she came to see him at school, while his classmates questioned her past neglect and defended him. At home, he fed the recovering Huo Cixiao, who fretted over Luo Beishi’s attraction to him.

• Luo Beishi solved a difficult problem in class and received applause from the students.
• Mrs. Qin confronted Luo Beishi after class, but he reminded her that their relationship ended when she slapped him and refused to speak with her.
• A female student challenged Mrs. Qin about ignoring Luo Beishi when he was bullied, and Mrs. Qin left without believing the students’ account.
• The students discussed Mrs. Qin’s visit and wondered whether the Qin Family had mistreated Luo Bai.
• Luo Beishi returned home, admired Huo Cixiao’s appearance, and fed him juice and a liquid meal as Huo Cixiao worried about his intentions.

Huo Cifeng ordered Assistant Zhang to fabricate a scandal and abduct Luo Beishi, but Luo Beishi learned of the ambush and defeated the four men sent to capture him. The Four Old Wolves ended up in police custody, while Huo Cifeng’s plan remained hidden from Luo Beishi.

• Huo Cifeng approved Assistant Zhang’s plan to frame Luo Beishi and ordered him to arrange it without revealing his identity.
• The system warned Luo Beishi that someone planned to abduct him, so Luo Beishi bought jujitsu, karate, and sanda skills for thirty million.
• The Four Old Wolves waited in the university garage and moved to surround Luo Beishi as he approached his car.
• Luo Beishi beat the Four Old Wolves, and the police took the battered criminals to the South City District police station.

Luo Beishi returned home late after capturing men who had tried to abduct him, worrying Uncle Chen and Huo Cixiao. He agreed to accept two bodyguards, then comforted Huo Cixiao without realizing that his husband was growing increasingly agitated inside.

• Luo Beishi hurried the police through his statement and left without accepting a reward for capturing wanted fugitives.
• Huo Cixiao worried that Luo Beishi had been kidnapped or hurt while waiting for him to return.
• Uncle Chen welcomed Luo Beishi home and persuaded him to let two bodyguards accompany him.
• Luo Beishi noticed the bedroom had turned cold, but Tongtong told him Huo Cixiao was not conscious.
• Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao about the attempted abduction while feeding him, then rested Huo Cixiao's hand against his face.

Luo Beishi reflected on his past and cared for the still-paralyzed Huo Cixiao, whose sense of touch had begun to return. After Luo Beishi’s fight with four wanted criminals made him an online sensation, Huo Cifeng ordered another attempt to capture him, while Luo Beishi planned to buy Huo Cifeng’s shares cheaply through the system.

• Huo Cixiao felt Luo Beishi touch his hand and realized his sense of touch might be recovering, though he still could not move.
• A video of Luo Beishi defeating four wanted criminals went viral, earning him new fans and drawing attention to his martial arts skills.
• Huo Cifeng asked Assistant Zhang whether the failed operation could be traced to them and ordered him to send more people after Luo Beishi.
• Luo Beishi learned that the system could fund purchases related to face-slapping and planned to buy Huo Cifeng’s shares once their price fell.
• Luo Beishi massaged and prepared Huo Cixiao for bed, while Huo Cixiao wondered why his bargain wife was unusually quiet and tried unsuccessfully to move.

Luo Beishi avoided an ambush at school while Huo Cifeng plotted another way to target him. After receiving an invitation to the Jia Family birthday banquet, Luo Beishi announced he would attend, leaving Huo Cixiao worried about the trouble ahead.

• Luo Beishi rejected a classmate’s love confession, reminding her and the class that he was married.
• The system warned Luo Beishi that criminals were waiting in the parking garage, so he avoided it and went home while police arrested eight wanted criminals.
• Assistant Zhang told Huo Cifeng the ambush had failed, and Huo Cifeng ordered him to invite Luo Beishi to the Jia Family birthday banquet and prepare a drugging trap.
• Luo Beishi received the invitation and told the butler to spread word that he would attend on Saturday.
• Luo Beishi asked Huo Cixiao if he was having a nightmare, and Uncle Chen was surprised to hear him call Huo Cixiao “hubby.”

Luo Beishi skipped Old Master Jia’s birthday banquet, leaving the elite guests and millions of livestream viewers waiting while he laughed about it at home. He sent Jia a gift and ended the chapter on a call with his class monitor, making Huo Cixiao jealous before reassuring him by mentioning her husband.

• Luo Beishi failed to appear at Old Master Jia’s birthday banquet, while Huo Cifeng and Assistant Zhang waited for their plan to catch him with an unattractive person to unfold.
• Zheng Lin taunted Huo Cifeng about his failed bid for power and his former love becoming his sister-in-law, leaving Huo Cifeng visibly furious.
• The banquet guests and gossip livestreamers waited for Luo Beishi until it became clear he was not coming, and the hashtag #JustHowManyPeopleDidLuoBeishiStandUpTonight# topped the trending topics.
• Luo Beishi laughed at the crowd he had stood up and told Huo Cixiao that he had sent Old Master Jia a ruyi black-and-white board game set.
• Luo Beishi spoke warmly with his class monitor, making Huo Cixiao jealous, then ended the call by saying he needed to tell her husband a bedtime story.

Old Master Huo praised Luo Beishi’s boldness, while Huo Cifeng brooded over how to get close to him. At the Huo estate, Luo Beishi focused on giving the unconscious Huo Cixiao a haircut and made Luo Bai wait outside.

• Old Master Huo laughed over Luo Beishi’s conduct at Old Master Jia’s birthday banquet and hoped he would help keep Huo Cixiao’s temper in check.
• Huo Cifeng considered approaching Luo Beishi himself so he could learn his weaknesses and make him submit.
• Luo Beishi used a haircutting knowledge transfer to cut Huo Cixiao’s hair while Uncle Chen held his head with gloved hands.
• A Hu told Luo Beishi that Luo Bai had arrived to see him, and Luo Beishi told him to wait until the haircut was finished.
• Huo Cixiao, secretly conscious, realized Luo Beishi’s possessiveness extended to cutting his hair himself and worried about what might happen if he divorced him.

Luo Beishi rejected Luo Bai’s plea at school, and a student who had once believed Luo Bai’s claims called the police over his alleged abuse. Luo Bai ended up at a police station, where Qin Feilin and Mother Qin arrived.

• Luo Bai waited outside Luo Beishi’s residence, but the bodyguard relayed Luo Beishi’s insults and sent him away.
• Luo Beishi cut Huo Cixiao’s hair and joked about caring for him and taking his place at school.
• Luo Bai begged Luo Beishi to spare the Luo Family and Luo Corporation, but Luo Beishi denied reporting them and walked away.
• Students confronted Luo Bai about his earlier claims, and one student called the police to investigate his alleged abuse.
• Qin Feilin found Luo Bai at the police station, and Mother Qin arrived soon afterward.

Luo Beishi used the system to expose information about the Qin Family and footage of Huo Cifeng’s assistant buying banned drugs, stirring up online suspicion. After Assistant Zhang threatened to reveal Huo Cifeng’s secrets to stay by his side, Luo Beishi suspected the two were involved in Huo Cixiao’s car accident.

• Luo Bai apologized to Qin Feilin, and the Qin Family continued to defend him despite the students’ accusations.
• Students posted their account of the incident online, prompting widespread sympathy for Luo Beishi and criticism of Luo Bai.
• Luo Beishi asked Tongtong to find information on the Qin Family and leak footage of Assistant Zhang buying drugs for Huo Cifeng.
• Huo Cifeng claimed Assistant Zhang had bought only headache medicine, but the supplier was arrested and netizens accused Huo Cifeng of using money to escape consequences.
• Huo Cifeng confronted Assistant Zhang, who refused to leave and threatened to expose his secrets; Luo Beishi suspected they were behind Huo Cixiao’s car accident.