Chapter Summaries

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.

Qin Feiyu recalled his past cruelty toward Luo Beishi and asked Qin Lei to let him work at the Qin Group, while Luo Beishi discussed how he would deal with him. The chapter left Luo Beishi choosing an outfit for a battle with Huo Cixiao, who came into the closet to find him surrounded by clothes.

• Qin Feiyu remembered how he had bullied Luo Beishi and realized his guilt had never stopped him from hurting him.
• Qin Feiyu asked Qin Lei for a job at the Qin Group, and Qin Lei said his eldest brother would arrange a position while warning him not to cause trouble.
• Luo Beishi told the system that he intended to repay Qin Feiyu for his past bullying, though he joked that he was choosing a battle outfit.
• Luo Beishi debated what to wear with the system and hesitated to ask Huo Cixiao to choose for him.
• Huo Cixiao entered the walk-in closet and found Luo Beishi staring at a pile of clothes.

Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao went to the hot spring resort, where their attraction turned into an intimate day and night together. Luo Beishi woke beside Huo Cixiao on Sunday, and Huo Cixiao murmured for his wife as he stirred.

• Huo Cixiao told Luo Beishi to take all five outfits and wear one at a time.
• Huo Cixiao's convoy arrived at the resort he had booked out, while A She remembered he had not told the madam about Liu Yang.
• Luo Beishi confessed to the system that Huo Cixiao's body had left him flustered, then Huo Cixiao led him to the hot spring.
• Huo Cixiao checked the water before Luo Beishi fell into his embrace, and the system blocked out what followed.
• A Hu suspected teammates were dating and asked A Long whether he liked men or women; A Long said he did not know.
• On Sunday, Luo Beishi woke beside Huo Cixiao and joked with the system about his body's stamina before Huo Cixiao murmured, "Wifey."

After returning from the hot spring resort, Luo Beishi joked privately about Huo Cixiao doubting himself, while Huo Cixiao carried him away from work. The chapter also showed A Tu pursuing A-Niu and ended with Hu Lian asking Huo Qiuya for help.

• Luo Beishi teased the system about whether to tell Huo Cixiao the truth, while Huo Cixiao worried that Luo Beishi seemed unaffected.
• Huo Cixiao lifted Luo Beishi over his shoulder and carried him away, as Uncle Chen went to prepare nourishing soup.
• A Tu flirted with A-Niu in the guardroom, and A-Niu left to return to his post.
• Huo Qiuya stayed to watch the household drama and warily asked Hu Lian what he wanted when he requested her help.

Hu Lian asked Huo Qiuya to accompany him to a classmate’s birthday party, then revealed a cold expression after she left. Qin Feilin confronted Huo Cixiao about the Qin Group, but Luo Beishi’s affectionate arrival showed him that Luo Beishi loved Huo Cixiao, and Luo Beishi rejected Qin Feilin’s accusation that his husband was to blame.

• Hu Lian asked Huo Qiuya to back him up at a classmate’s birthday party, and she agreed to go.
• Luo Bai sold his apartment and transferred two hundred million to Qin Feilin, who left feeling sick after seeing Luo Bai’s scar-faced companion.
• Qin Feilin arranged to visit Huo Corporation, and Huo Cixiao mocked him and insulted the Qin Family during their meeting.
• Luo Beishi rushed into Huo Cixiao’s office, kissed and embraced him, and accused Qin Feilin of trying to bully or steal her husband.
• Qin Feilin said he had come to ask why Huo Cixiao was targeting Qin Group, and Luo Beishi told him not to blame everything on her husband.

After confronting Qin Feilin, Luo Beishi remembered the brief kindness that had once made him hope for a family with the Qin Family and found comfort in Huo Cixiao. Back home, Huo Cixiao told him that Huo Qiuya had died, leaving Luo Beishi asking how it happened.

• Luo Beishi rebuked Qin Feilin for accusing him and Huo Cixiao, and Qin Feilin left the chairman's office in disgrace.
• Luo Beishi recalled Qin Feilin once walking him home in the rain, then remembered how the Qin Family's disbelief and Qin Feiyue's departure had left him isolated.
• Huo Cixiao comforted Luo Beishi and offered to take revenge on the Qin Family; Luo Beishi told him he loved him most but refused to be intimate while recuperating.
• After they returned home, Huo Cixiao received news that Huo Qiuya had died, and Luo Beishi asked how she had died.

After Huo Qiuya was murdered in a locked attic at the Lan Family villa, Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao discussed whether to help investigate and Huo Cixiao revealed his mother had also been murdered. Huo Cheng came to ask Huo Cixiao for help, but Huo Cixiao confronted him with Huo Qiuya’s cruelty and Luo Beishi bluntly rejected his grief.

• Huo Cixiao told Luo Beishi that Huo Qiuya had been murdered in a locked attic at the Lan Family villa, and Luo asked the system to monitor Hu Lian.
• Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao agreed to help with the investigation without letting their people act alone, while Huo Cixiao recalled his mother's unsolved murder and the unfinished scarf she had been knitting.
• Luo Beishi learned that Huo Cixiao had let Huo Cheng's household conflicts unfold, and the next day the murder became a major online topic as the Lan Family kept its share price steady.
• Huo Cheng visited Huo Cixiao and pleaded over Huo Qiuya's death, but Huo Cixiao recalled how she had mistreated him and destroyed his mother's harmonica.
• Luo Beishi told Huo Cheng that he and Huo Cixiao could have celebrated Huo Qiuya's death.

Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao discussed the clues in Huo Qiuya’s murder and suspected Hu Lian might be involved despite the lack of evidence against him. A few days later, the case was attributed to Young Master Cen and his accomplice, while Hu Lian remained beyond suspicion.

• Huo Cixiao joked that Momo was old enough for school, then decided to raise the puppy himself.
• Luo Beishi reasoned that Huo Qiuya had been killed with a blunt object and that someone had staged the locked-room scene, possibly with help from someone connected to the Lan Family.
• Huo Cixiao explained that Wu You'an had once pursued Luo Bai, which may have fueled Hu Lian's resentment, and said Hu Lian had no clues pointing to him in the murder case.
• A few days later, Luo Beishi learned that Young Master Cen had accidentally killed Huo Qiuya after mistaking her fluorescent-green face for something frightening.
• Young Master Cen and the former Lan Family servant's son had staged the murder, and Luo Beishi wondered whether Hu Lian had escaped the case without being detected.

Hu Lian’s schemes brought down Lin Lan and exposed his affair, while Huo Cheng transferred luxury homes to Xinxin and became a public scandal. Luo Beishi reluctantly agreed to start an internship with Huo Cixiao, and Huo Cifeng continued plotting against Huo Cixiao.

• Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao stayed away from Huo Qiuya’s funeral, but Huo Cheng brought Hu Lian and openly acknowledged his status there, driving Lin Lan into a frenzy.
• Assistant Zhang exposed Hu Lian’s affair with a young man, so Huo Cheng expelled Hu Lian and his mother and transferred several luxury homes to Xinxin.
• After Huo Cheng’s scandal spread online and drew official media criticism, Luo Beishi asked Huo Cixiao to approve his internship paperwork, but Huo Cixiao told him to come to the office and work properly.
• Luo Beishi dressed in an expensive handmade suit and went with Huo Cixiao to Huo Corporation to take the photo required by his university.
• Huo Cifeng saw the couple at the elevator and silently vowed that he would one day kill Huo Cixiao, while admitting to himself that Huo Qiuya’s death did not sadden him.

Luo Beishi accompanied Huo Cixiao to work, where they flirted as Huo outlined the day’s schedule and Luo agreed to attend a business dinner. Meanwhile, Luo Bai accepted Xu Qing’s offer to arrange a modeling interview, unaware that Xu Qing was secretly planning something with a business partner.

• Huo Cixiao took a photo with Luo Beishi at the Huo Corporation, and Luo rewarded him with a head pat.
• Huo Cixiao told Luo Beishi he would serve as the chairman’s personal assistant and described the day’s meetings and dinner.
• Luo Beishi agreed to join Huo Cixiao for dinner with Robert, Ling Kai, and Lei Long.
• Luo Bai asked Xu Qing for help because his savings were nearly gone, and Xu Qing offered to arrange a modeling interview.
• Xu Qing secretly told his business partner to prepare for Luo Bai’s arrival without alerting him, while Luo Bai believed his father was helping him start over.

Luo Beishi impressed Robert and Huo Corporation’s executives with his business and technical knowledge, then celebrated with Huo Cixiao. As Qin Group continued to struggle, Qin Lei arranged a blind date for Qin Feilin, who rejected his attempt to discuss it.

• Hu La celebrated with Hu Lian after they separated from the old man, and Hu Lian went to look for Wu You'an.
• Luo Beishi and Huo Cixiao hosted Robert and his party, where Luo Beishi impressed them and Huo Corporation’s executives with his fluent French and expertise.
• Luo Beishi drank without getting drunk, then kissed Huo Cixiao when they returned to their bedroom.
• Huo Cixiao reprimanded late executives the next morning, and Luo Beishi treated Huo Corporation’s staff to coffee, milk tea, and cakes.
• Qin Lei told Qin Feilin he had arranged a blind date with the Song Family’s eldest daughter, and Qin Feilin left after angrily rejecting the conversation.