Chapter Summaries

Luo Beishi continued caring for Huo Cixiao while waiting for Huo Cifeng to make another move, and the system gave him a mission to find a disc belonging to Huo Cixiao’s late mother. The system revealed that the disc was with an eccentric astronomy professor, so Luo Beishi planned to obtain a meteorite she liked at an auction the next day.

• Luo Beishi decided to stay close to Huo Cixiao while he waited for Huo Cifeng to act again.
• Luo Beishi bathed, washed, and dressed Huo Cixiao, while Huo Cixiao silently reacted to his bargain wife’s teasing and care.
• The system issued Luo Beishi a mission to find a disc belonging to Huo Cixiao’s mother and promised a random card draw as the reward.
• The system told Luo Beishi that Huo Cixiao’s mother’s former university classmate, an eccentric astronomy professor, had the disc.
• Luo Beishi learned the professor liked meteorites and that one would be auctioned the next day, and the system said Huo Cixiao’s butler had an invitation.

Luo Beishi attended an auction with Ling Kai and used the system’s money to bid lavishly, especially for the final lot he wanted. The auction ended with Ling Kai outbidding everyone for the strange stone, while Luo Beishi remained focused on securing it.

• Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao he would attend the auction and bring him something fun.
• Luo Beishi arrived at the auction with Ling Kai, who accompanied him as his assistant.
• Luo Beishi asked Ling Kai to bid on items Huo Cixiao might like and to secure the final lot at any price.
• Ling Kai bid aggressively on several gemstones, stunning the attendees with the Huo Corporation’s spending.
• When the strange final lot appeared, Ling Kai bid 159 million and drove away the competition.

Luo Beishi spent lavishly at a charity auction, then visited Professor Leng and returned home to Huo Cixiao. The second branch of the Huo Family grew increasingly resentful of his influence, while Luo Beishi prepared to tell his unconscious husband about his day.

• Luo Beishi spent over two billion at the auction, bought gemstones, and left Ling Kai with one piece before going to meet a professor.
• Manager Liu arranged careful packing and a bodyguard escort for Luo Beishi's auction purchases.
• Huo Cihai and Mo Baili discussed their failed attempts to place people near Luo Beishi, and Mo Baili vowed to visit him.
• Luo Beishi met Professor Leng, received her phone number and an offer to become her student, and left with a small bag.
• Luo Beishi returned to Huo Cixiao and explained that he had bought him gemstones at the auction.

Luo Beishi let Mo Baili visit, prompting online speculation that he had pursued Huo Cifeng as a substitute for Huo Cixiao, while Huo Cixiao remained unconscious and listened to Luo Beishi. At the Huo Family's old residence, the grandfather believed the rumors and ordered valuable properties transferred to Luo Beishi.

• Luo Beishi let Mo Baili into the house, and her visit prompted a livestream discussion about her connection to the Huo Family.
• Netizens analyzed Luo Beishi's past pursuit of Huo Cifeng and spread the theories that he loved Huo Cixiao and had treated Cifeng as a substitute.
• Luo Beishi saw the trending topics, laughed them off, and told Huo Cixiao he would tell him the story of Mulan after showering.
• Huo Cixiao wondered about Luo Beishi's wellbeing and strength while listening to him sing and move around the room.
• The Huo Family's grandfather heard the substitute rumors, concluded Luo Beishi had long loved Huo Cixiao, and ordered the butler to transfer two wineries and a vacation estate to him.

Mo Baili tried to confront Luo Beishi but was kept from seeing him and escorted out, turning her visit into public ridicule. The next day, Luo Beishi cared for his vegetative husband Huo Cixiao and took him downstairs to bask in the autumn sun.

• Mo Baili waited for Luo Beishi, but Uncle Chen told her he was asleep and refused to wake him.
• Mo Baili tried to go upstairs, but the bodyguards blocked her and escorted her out after she insulted them.
• A bodyguard told Mo Baili to make an appointment three months ahead if she wanted to see Luo Beishi, and her failed visit became a trending joke.
• The next morning, Luo Beishi remembered he had meant to meet Mo Baili but had chosen to get enough sleep so he could care for Huo Cixiao.
• Luo Beishi carried Huo Cixiao downstairs, settled him onto a recliner, and tucked a fluffy blanket around him.

Luo Beishi warmed Huo Cixiao's hand and discovered that people online had mistaken his attentiveness for deep love, so he decided to keep up the devoted-husband persona. After drawing a Puppet Card that required an Invisibility Card to be useful, he focused on speeding up his favorite audio drama by arranging to buy its struggling studio.

• Luo Beishi ordered hand warmers and thick socks for Huo Cixiao, and the people at the villa spread a heartwarming story about his attentiveness.
• Luo Beishi saw online claims that he was madly in love with Huo Cixiao and decided not to correct them, fearing it could affect his share of the money.
• Luo Beishi drew a Puppet Card that could imitate him on simple tasks, but Tongtong explained that he also needed an Invisibility Card to use it without being noticed.
• Luo Beishi called Green Fruit Audio Drama Studio to offer money or buy the studio so it could finish recording its dramas quickly.
• Luo Beishi sent A Hu with a lawyer to negotiate the purchase, and the studio's owner accepted the offer, including extra money to finish recording "Night Ghost Procession."

Luo Beishi arranged a rushed recording of Huo Cixiao’s favorite audio drama while Huo Cixiao learned that he had been Huo Cifeng’s substitute and first love. As Luo Beishi’s enemies grew angrier, Old Master Huo’s lawyer arrived to transfer valuable properties to him.

• Luo Beishi hired the voice actors to finish recording “Night Ghost Procession” in three days, and Huo Cixiao realized Luo Beishi held him while sleeping.
• A Hu told Huo Cixiao that Luo Beishi had pursued Huo Cifeng as his substitute and had given Huo Cixiao gemstones worth billions.
• Huo Cifeng grew furious after seeing online claims that he was a substitute, while Luo Bai planned to disfigure Luo Beishi when the boy next door returned.
• Luo Beishi’s classmates envied his luxury car and insulted Luo Bai online, prompting Luo Bai to plot against him.
• Cen Yi, Old Master Huo’s personal lawyer, visited Luo Beishi and presented documents transferring him an estate worth two billion yuan and a holiday resort worth around 1.5 billion yuan.

Luo Beishi accepted a 3.5-billion-asset gift from Old Master Huo and stayed by Huo Cixiao, whose brief physical reaction proved to be nothing. Two days later, Luo Bai reunited with Song Yachao, who returned determined to defend him and believed Luo Beishi had deceived everyone.

• Luo Beishi signed the gift transfer agreement for assets worth 3.5 billion and kissed Huo Cixiao's hand in delight.
• Huo Cixiao wondered whether he had regained sensation when his ear turned red, but Luo Beishi and Tongtong concluded the room was too warm.
• Luo Beishi thanked Old Master Huo, who promised a larger gift if he behaved well, and exercised on a treadmill in Huo Cixiao's room.
• Two days later, Luo Bai went to the airport bundled up to meet Song Yachao, who had returned after learning about the rumors and Luo Beishi's actions.
• Luo Bai cried in Song Yachao's arms and asked whether he thought Luo Bai was a bad person, while Song Yachao comforted him and blamed the Qin Family for failing to protect him.

Luo Beishi continued caring for the vegetative Huo Cixiao while Luo Bai gained Song Yachao’s support for the struggling Luo Corporation. After news of foreign investment revived the company, Huo Cifeng saw photos of Luo Bai with Song Yachao and ordered his stake dumped to drive the Luo Corporation’s value down.

• Luo Beishi cuddled Huo Cixiao and continued his massages, while Huo Cixiao wondered whether he was developing feelings for his wife.
• Luo Bai met Song Yachao for dinner, and Song Yachao resolved to help him and pursue revenge against Luo Beishi.
• The Luo Corporation announced it had paid its taxes and fines and received foreign capital, prompting online speculation about who had helped it.
• Huo Cifeng received photos of Luo Bai dining with Song Yachao and accused Luo Bai of treating him as a backup.
• Huo Cifeng ordered Zhang Ze to sell his entire forty-percent stake in the Luo Corporation at falling prices to damage the company.

Luo Beishi earned Face-Slapping Points as Huo Cifeng’s share sale worsened the Luo Corporation’s crisis and hurt Luo Bai. Song Yachao comforted Luo Bai, but Chairman Song confronted them over Song Yachao’s reckless investment and stripped him of his privileges.

• Luo Beishi convinced the system that the fallout from Huo Cifeng selling his shares counted toward his Face-Slapping Points, then gained two more points after Luo Bai suffered over Huo Cifeng’s rejection.
• Luo Beishi decided to let Luo Bai and his romantic entanglements torment one another while Huo Cixiao grew frustrated that his distracted wife kept replaying the audio drama.
• Song Yachao learned that his investment in the Luo Corporation was rapidly losing value and went to comfort Luo Bai at his apartment.
• Chairman Song summoned Song Yachao and Luo Bai after learning that Song Yachao had invested the entire fifteen billion into the failing Luo Corporation.
• Chairman Song struck Song Yachao with a folder, ordered him to intern in City C, froze his cards, and warned that Luo Beishi could destroy the Song Family.

Luo Beishi explained how Luo Bai’s string of wealthy would-be helpers had suffered setbacks, while Huo Cifeng began selling Luo Corporation shares after learning about Luo Bai and Song Yachao. She then ordered Ling Kai to secretly buy eight percent of the Huo Corporation from Huo Cifeng and transfer it to Huo Cixiao.

• President Song had Luo Bai thrown out of the Song Family home while Song Yachao was taken away.
• Luo Beishi laughed at a report about Luo Ming being hospitalized again, and Huo Cixiao wondered who was driving the attacks on the Luo Corporation.
• Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao that Huo Cifeng was dumping Luo Corporation shares after discovering Luo Bai’s intimate relationship with Song Yachao.
• Luo Beishi called Ling Kai and instructed him to find an unfamiliar buyer to purchase Huo Cifeng’s shares cheaply.
• Luo Beishi told Ling Kai to buy eight percent of the Huo Corporation for a hundred billion and transfer the shares into Huo Cixiao’s name.

Luo Beishi arranged for Ling Kai to buy Huo Cifeng’s 8% stake in Huo Corporation for Huo Cixiao, increasing Huo Cixiao’s holdings to 38%. The news left Old Master Huo impressed, and he decided to give Luo Beishi two buildings.

• Luo Beishi told Ling Kai to negotiate for Huo Cifeng’s shares and promised to buy him two yachts for his help.
• Huo Cifeng struggled to sell his shares and eventually accepted an overseas investor’s offer of 100 billion for 8%.
• Luo Beishi quickly transferred the money, raising Huo Cixiao’s stake in Huo Corporation from 30% to 38%.
• Ling Kai told reporters that Luo Beishi had given Huo Cixiao the shares as a birthday gift and confirmed Huo Cixiao controlled the company.
• Old Master Huo heard about the increased stake and ordered his butler to give Luo Beishi two buildings.

Luo Beishi celebrated Huo Cixiao’s birthday with a homemade cake while Huo Cixiao, still unable to wake, wished for Luo Beishi to stay safe and sound. News of Luo Beishi’s wealth and devotion spread online, while Luo Ming regretted mistreating his adopted son.

• Huo Cixiao learned that Luo Beishi had given him another 8% of the shares and resolved to give his bargain wife even more once he woke.
• Huo Cifeng discovered Luo Beishi had bought the shares and wondered why he had changed toward him, while Assistant Zhang left in frustration.
• On Huo Cixiao’s birthday, Luo Beishi made him a cake and sang to him; Huo Cixiao wished for Luo Beishi’s safety.
• News of Luo Beishi’s birthday cake trended online, prompting netizens to question his wealth until the police confirmed his accounts were legitimate.
• Luo Beishi told Huo Cixiao that the audio drama was ready and continued listening to it with him.
• Luo Ming learned how wealthy Luo Beishi had become and regretted not treating his adopted son better.

Luo Beishi kept earning Face-Slapping Points while caring for the unconscious Huo Cixiao, who secretly regained movement in his right hand. When Huo Cifeng came to visit, Luo Beishi refused him entry and defended Huo Cixiao, who realized he was the second person ever to protect him.

• Luo Bai left a tense family meal after Luo Ming and Mother Luo criticized him, while the struggling Luo Corporation laid off workers and lost many more to resignations.
• Luo Beishi learned he needed 200 Face-Slapping Points to help Huo Cixiao recover fully, then ordered a gaming setup to relieve his boredom.
• Huo Cixiao moved his right hand for the first time but decided to keep pretending to be unconscious so Luo Beishi would not know he could hear him.
• Luo Beishi told A-Niu to turn Huo Cifeng away from the gate and called him a concubine's son.
• Huo Cixiao remembered how Huo Cifeng had framed him and how nobody had defended him before, and recognized Luo Beishi as the second person to protect him.

Luo Beishi advised Ling Kai to end Huo Corporation’s partnership with Maple Leaf Company and quickly found a domestic replacement supplier. Maple Leaf Company’s stock plunged after the announcement, while Lei Long returned and heard how Luo Beishi had helped.

• Ling Kai asked Luo Beishi for advice when Maple Leaf Company demanded to terminate its long-running partnership with Huo Corporation, and Luo Beishi told him to collect the contractual penalty and announce the termination.
• Ling Kai signed the agreement, collected two billion in penalties, and publicly announced that Huo Corporation was ending its partnership with Maple Leaf Company.
• Maple Leaf Company’s stock fell by half, and its chairman angrily berated the two representatives and the man who had proposed the deal.
• Luo Beishi told Ling Kai she had found a raw materials supplier in Mizhou, Yun Province, and Ling Kai sent people to inspect the site and arrange a contract.
• Huo Cixiao listened to news of Maple Leaf Company’s falling stock while Luo Beishi played Mr. Mario, and a man in a black suit suspected Luo Beishi had guided Ling Kai.
• Lei Long returned from out of town, heard Ling Kai explain the recent events and Luo Beishi’s role, and said the reports about Luo Beishi seemed more believable now.

Lei Long returned from Australia and thanked Luo Beishi for saving Huo Cixiao’s company, while Luo Beishi took his midterm exams and confronted Huo Cifeng on campus. Huo Cifeng left shaken by Luo Beishi’s accusations and threat of evidence, and began thinking about killing him.

• Lei Long told Ling Kai that he had worried about Huo Cixiao and thanked Luo Beishi for turning the shareholders’ meeting around with forty billion.
• Lei Long said he would stay with Ling Kai while his home was renovated, but Ling Kai refused to share his place.
• Luo Beishi unexpectedly took his midterm exams after forgetting about them, finished each paper quickly, and walked around campus.
• Huo Cifeng confronted Luo Beishi and asked why he was targeting him, but Luo Beishi said he was protecting his husband, Huo Cixiao.
• Luo Beishi accused Huo Cifeng of arranging kidnappings and having a dubious relationship with his assistant, then taunted him about whether he had evidence.
• Huo Cifeng left campus panicked and resolved that he could not let Luo Beishi live.

Luo Beishi turned batches of assassin maids into farm workers, making money from their contract penalties while enforcing strict rules at the Huo residence. After another five million came from the Huo Family Second Branch, he arranged to build greenhouses and put fifteen million toward the farming operation.

• Luo Beishi predicted the first batch of assassin maids would quit and collect termination money, and ten maids soon paid ten million in penalties after securing funds from their employers.
• The butler hired another group of maids to grow crops, but Luo Beishi enforced contract rules that barred takeout and served them salads, leading one maid to be caught trying to bring in fried chicken and fined two hundred thousand.
• Huo Cixiao heard about Luo Beishi's schemes and wondered whether his bargain wife might someday scheme against him, before falling asleep again.
• A week later, another batch of maids quit, and Huo Cihai paid five million in termination penalties to release them.
• Luo Beishi told Uncle Chen to build greenhouses and transferred fifteen million for equipment and construction.

Luo Beishi rewarded Uncle Chen, turned Huo Cixiao’s estate into a growing farm, and considered switching majors to make school easier. When a major international quiz competition announced a $200 million prize, Luo Beishi decided to enter so he could add more amenities to the villa.

• Luo Beishi gave Uncle Chen five million to renovate his courtyard house, thanking him for caring for Huo Cixiao.
• Huo Cihai grew furious after the maids he sent to Huo Cixiao’s estate lost fifteen million and were caught ordering fried chicken, while the elite families’ group chat joked about Luo Beishi’s farming plans.
• Huo Cixiao secretly realized he could move his toes, but concealed his recovery as he grew accustomed to resting and made excuses for Luo Beishi’s plans to plant fruit trees on the golf course.
• Luo Corporation continued to decline, while Luo Bai failed five midterm subjects and faced ridicule online; Luo Beishi considered switching to business administration to reduce his workload.
• A $200 million international knowledge quiz competition was announced, and Luo Beishi decided to enter the online round the next evening.

Luo Beishi drew public attention after qualifying for the International All-Round Knowledge Competition finals, then arrived at Capital Stadium to compete. He discovered his buzzer had been tampered with and persuaded the system to help him answer first.

• Luo Beishi's place among the ten finalists sparked online debate, and Capital University of Finance and Economics congratulated him publicly.
• Luo Beishi ignored the controversy and attended classes while other students envied his wealth, looks, and success.
• On the morning of the finals, Luo Beishi teased Huo Cixiao about his nerves and spent the prize money in advance, leaving only a little for stray cats.
• Luo Beishi arrived at Capital Stadium, where the crowd and the president of Capital University of Finance and Economics watched him prepare to compete.
• When Luo Beishi noticed a problem with his buzzer, he asked the system to buzz in for him, while a staff member privately sneered at him.
• The organizers had tampered with Luo Beishi's buzzer after being bribed by a powerful figure overseas.

Luo Beishi won an international competition with perfect scores and took home a $200 million prize, while Luo Bai panicked after Henry began questioning his claims. Back home, Huo Cixiao wondered whether Luo Beishi could be a robot, and Luo Beishi planned new purchases and rewarded the household staff.

• Luo Beishi scored full marks in the buzzer round and written exam, and experts confirmed his equipment had not been tampered with.
• Luo Beishi collected the prize money and trophy, then went viral around the world for winning the competition.
• Luo Bai confronted Henry about failing to stop Luo Beishi, but Henry grew suspicious of Luo Bai's story and threatened to investigate who had really saved him.
• Huo Cixiao wondered whether Luo Beishi might be a robot after learning of his victory, while Luo Beishi explained he had set aside money for a softer mattress and planned to buy audio drama studios.
• Luo Beishi gave Uncle Chen a five-million bonus, and A Long greeted him with newfound respect.