Recaps

Ye Chen stopped Master Hong Wu from striking Ma Lan and used a call to Chen Zekai to reveal his powerful backing. Master Hong Wu apologized and repaid Ma Lan with extra money, leaving her and Wang Yunkai stunned by Ye Chen's influence.

• Ye Chen stepped between Master Hong Wu and Ma Lan, then called Chen Zekai when Master Hong Wu threatened him.
• Chen Zekai warned Master Hong Wu that Ye Chen was the Ye Family's young master and threatened his family if he harmed him.
• Master Hong Wu recognized Chen Zekai's voice, knelt before Ye Chen, and begged for forgiveness.
• Ye Chen forgave Master Hong Wu but demanded repayment of Ma Lan's money with interest.
• Master Hong Wu ordered Zhou Huaxin to repay Ma Lan, who received two million yuan and stared at Ye Chen in astonishment.

Ye Chen made Master Hong Wu return Ma Lan’s money but refused to help the other elderly investors, who had mocked him. He left with Ma Lan after ensuring Wang Yunkai was beaten, and Ma Lan asked him to keep the incident secret.

• Ma Lan received two million, and Master Hong Wu offered to return everyone’s money with interest until Ye Chen objected to being credited for it.
• Master Hong Wu ordered Zhou Huaxin to return only Ma Lan’s money, leaving the other elderly investors begging Ye Chen for help.
• Wang Yunkai pleaded with Ye Chen to save him, but Ye Chen told Master Hong Wu to continue beating him until Ye Chen said to stop.
• Master Hong Wu gave Ye Chen his business card, and Ye Chen left with Ma Lan, who had recovered her money and gained seven hundred thousand.
• Ma Lan asked Ye Chen how he knew Master Hong Wu, and Ye Chen said he had called a capable classmate to help.
• Ma Lan asked Ye Chen to keep what happened secret so she could save face, and he agreed.

Ye Chen arranged to welcome Xiao Churan’s friend Dong Ruolin, who was joining the Emgrand Group, while Xiao Hailong and his relatives also went to the airport to impress her. Dong Ruolin declined Xiao Hailong’s invitation and chose to meet Ye Chen, prompting him to boast about his expensive banquet and mock Ye Chen’s plans.

• Xiao Churan told Ye Chen that Dong Ruolin was moving to Jinling to work for the Emgrand Group and asked him to pick her up at the airport.
• Ye Chen asked Wang Dongxue to monitor Dong Ruolin after she joined the company and arranged a banquet at Heavenly Fragrance House through Master Hong Wu.
• At the airport, Ye Chen encountered Xiao Hailong, Xiao Weiwei, and Wang Yunfei, who said they had come to welcome Dong Ruolin.
• Dong Ruolin arrived, greeted the group, and declined Xiao Hailong’s invitation because she had plans with Xiao Churan and Ye Chen.
• Xiao Hailong claimed he had booked a gold private room at Heavenly Fragrance House and mocked Ye Chen’s banquet arrangements.

Xiao Hailong took Dong Ruolin and the others to the Heavenly Fragrance House, where he mocked Ye Chen for claiming to have booked the diamond private room. Ye Chen’s connection to Master Hong Wu remained hidden when a bodyguard greeted the group, and Xiao Hailong mistakenly thought the attentive welcome was for him.

• Xiao Hailong bragged that he had booked a gold private room at the Heavenly Fragrance House and mocked Ye Chen for saying he had booked there too.
• Dong Ruolin suggested that everyone go together, and Xiao Hailong agreed while claiming Ye Chen would be freeloading off him.
• At the restaurant, Ye Chen said Master Hong Wu had reserved the diamond private room for him, but Xiao Hailong, Wang Yunfei, and Xiao Weiwei ridiculed the claim.
• Ye Chen asked Wang Yunfei about his brother, and Wang Yunfei said his brother was unconscious after an attack and threatened whoever had caused it.
• A bodyguard of Master Hong Wu recognized Ye Chen, stopped himself from greeting him, and invited the group to their prepared private room.
• Xiao Hailong assumed the bodyguard’s respectful welcome was meant for him, and Wang Yunfei praised him for keeping a low profile.

At the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion, Xiao Hailong stole Ye Chen’s signature on the diamond private room and bragged about his connections, but Brother Biao arrived and exposed the mistake. Brother Biao broke Xiao Hailong’s hand and then turned toward Wang Yunfei, while Ye Chen reassured the frightened Dong Ruolin.

• Xiao Hailong snatched the reservation form from Ye Chen and signed his own name, then arranged for Dong Ruolin to take the honored seat and mocked Ye Chen over the lavish meal.
• Brother Biao burst into the private room with his men and demanded to know who had claimed the diamond room.
• Brother Biao’s men dragged Xiao Hailong before him, and Brother Biao revealed that the room had been prepared for an honored guest, not Xiao Hailong.
• Xiao Weiwei urged Xiao Hailong to invoke Master Hong Wu, but Xiao Hailong denied knowing him, disappointing Dong Ruolin.
• Brother Biao ordered his men to pin Xiao Hailong down and smashed his hand with a club, leaving him unconscious.
• Dong Ruolin hid behind Ye Chen, who comforted her, while Brother Biao turned on Wang Yunfei and ordered him to come over.

Ye Chen stopped Brother Biao’s men from attacking Dong Ruolin and summoned Master Hong Wu, who revealed Ye Chen’s authority and forced the gang to beg for forgiveness. Ye Chen left with Dong Ruolin after asking her to keep his ties to Hong Wu secret, while the injured Xiao Hailong, Xiao Weiwei, and Wang Yunfei were sent to the hospital.

• Brother Biao’s men beat Wang Yunfei unconscious and severely injured Xiao Weiwei before turning on Ye Chen and Dong Ruolin.
• Ye Chen kicked down an underling who tried to grab Dong Ruolin and called Master Hong Wu to the diamond private room.
• Master Hong Wu arrived, knocked Brother Biao down, and ordered him and his men to kneel and apologize to Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen explained that he had invited his wife’s best friend to dinner, then left the restaurant with Dong Ruolin and asked her to keep his connection to Hong Wu secret.
• Master Hong Wu arranged an ambulance, while Xiao Weiwei, Xiao Hailong, and Wang Yunfei were left with serious injuries.

Dong Ruolin began work at Dihao Group while hoping to approach its mysterious chairman, whom she suspected might be the man in a viral video. Ye Chen tried to keep his identity from her, but he accompanied Xiao Churan to the Hanging Garden, where she learned the venue had been privately booked for their upcoming anniversary.

• Dong Ruolin considered her family's plan for her to approach the Ye Family's young master and wondered whether the tycoon in a video might be him.
• Wang Dongxue onboarded Dong Ruolin, who asked to meet Dihao Group's chairman, then warned Ye Chen about her interest.
• Ye Chen decided to limit his contact with Dong Ruolin and keep his identity secret.
• Xiao Churan took Ye Chen to dinner at the Buckingham Palace Hotel, where they saw a notice that the Hanging Garden had been reserved for their anniversary three days later.
• Xiao Churan marveled at the unknown person's ability to book the venue, and Ye Chen hinted that it was for a wife's wedding celebration.

Ye Chen and Xiao Churan met Dong Ruolin for dinner at the Hanging Garden, where Ruolin speculated about the identity of the person who had booked it for an upcoming event. The three were invited to a class reunion at Wang Daokun’s new restaurant, and Ye Chen agreed to attend with Xiao Churan.

• Ye Chen and Xiao Churan welcomed Dong Ruolin at the Hanging Garden and talked about the unusual booking of the entire venue three days later.
• Dong Ruolin linked the booking to a wealthy figure in a viral video and said she planned to find out who had reserved the garden.
• Dong Ruolin invited Ye Chen and Xiao Churan to a class reunion for Wang Daokun’s restaurant opening, while Ye Chen worried that the gathering might draw attention to his identity.
• Wang Daokun’s class group chat filled with gossip about Xiao Churan and Ye Chen, and Dong Ruolin defended them.
• Ye Chen accepted Wang Daokun’s invitation and agreed that he and Xiao Churan would attend the reunion.

Ye Chen decided to buy Xiao Churan a car after hearing that her work would benefit from one, while the mysterious booking of the Hanging Garden spread rumors across Jinling. At an Audi dealership, he asked to buy a top-spec A6 immediately, but a contemptuous salesperson mocked him and threatened to have him thrown out.

• Dong Ruolin urged Xiao Churan to buy a car, and Ye Chen decided to get one for her.
• News that the Hanging Garden at the Buckingham Palace Grand Hotel had been booked spread throughout Jinling, prompting rumors about the wealthy person behind it.
• Ye Chen instructed Chen Zekai to alter the Hanging Garden and looked forward to surprising Xiao Churan on their wedding anniversary.
• Ye Chen went to an Audi dealership intending to buy Xiao Churan a top-spec A6.
• A salesperson mocked Ye Chen for arriving on an electric scooter and threatened to call security when Ye Chen said he wanted to buy the car.

Ye Chen bought a BMW 760 after an Audi salesman insulted him, then disguised it as a 520 so Xiao Churan would not know its true price. He also bought Wang Daokun an expensive antique painting and left with Xiao Churan and Dong Ruolin for the restaurant opening.

• Ye Chen left the Audi dealership after its salesman mocked him, bought a BMW 760, and drove it back to show the Audi staff, leading Wang Haibo to fire the salesman.
• Ye Chen had a repair shop replace the BMW 760 badge with a 520 badge so Xiao Churan would think it was a less expensive model.
• Ye Chen bought a Huang Shen painting for 200,000 yuan as a gift for Wang Daokun, planning to say it had cost only a few thousand yuan.
• Ye Chen picked up Xiao Churan and Dong Ruolin, told Xiao Churan he had bought the BMW with his savings, and accepted her thanks.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Churan that his gift for Wang Daokun was an antique pomegranate painting, and the three headed to Wang Daokun's restaurant.

Ye Chen attended Wang Daokun’s restaurant opening and was challenged to race by Wang Tengfei, a former classmate who had mocked his BMW. Ye Chen proposed a wager involving Wang Daokun’s coil of firecrackers, leaving Wang Tengfei to answer.

• Ye Chen arrived at Wang Daokun’s new restaurant with Xiao Churan and Dong Ruolin and found Wang Tengfei boasting about his BMW 540.
• Wang Tengfei mocked Ye Chen’s BMW 520 and challenged him to race, while Dong Ruolin defended Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen agreed to race but rejected Wang Tengfei’s wager that the loser kneel and kowtow.
• Wang Daokun came outside carrying a coil of thirty thousand firecrackers, and Ye Chen suggested the loser put it in his car and set it off.

Ye Chen accepted Wang Tengfei’s bet to race their BMWs, secretly driving a far more powerful BMW 760 disguised as a 520 and winning by a crushing margin. When Wang Tengfei tried to dispute the result, Ye Chen offered him an easy way out, prompting Wang Tengfei to insist on honoring the firecracker bet.

• Wang Tengfei challenged Ye Chen to a race, betting that the loser would light a string of firecrackers inside his car, and Xiao Churan tried to stop Ye Chen from agreeing.
• Ye Chen and Wang Tengfei lined up their cars, and Ye Chen secretly switched his disguised BMW 760 into sport mode.
• Ye Chen sped past Wang Tengfei, turned around at the intersection, and returned to the starting point long before Wang Tengfei finished the race.
• Wang Tengfei accused Ye Chen of using a modified car and refused to honor the bet, while Dong Ruolin and the classmates condemned him for welshing.
• Ye Chen told Wang Tengfei he did not have to take the bet seriously, and Wang Tengfei, determined to defend his pride, demanded the firecrackers.

Wang Tengfei set off firecrackers inside his BMW to prove he could accept losing to Ye Chen, but the car caught fire and burned down. At Wang Daokun's restaurant opening, Liu Lili mocked Ye Chen and Xiao Churan's gift, while Wang Tengfei gave the couple's gift to the crowd as another reason to sneer at Ye Chen.

• Wang Tengfei tossed a string of firecrackers into his BMW and lit them, accidentally setting the car on fire until only its frame remained.
• Wang Tengfei insisted he was not upset about losing the car and followed Wang Daokun and the classmates into the restaurant.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Churan congratulated Wang Daokun and gave him an antique painting, while Wang Daokun teased Ye Chen about having a child.
• Liu Lili dismissed the painting as nearly worthless and argued with Wang Daokun about being snobbish.
• Wang Tengfei gave Wang Daokun a thick red envelope, then mocked Ye Chen after Liu Lili disparaged the painting.

At Wang Daokun’s restaurant opening, Wang Tengfei boasted about his family’s wealth and mocked Ye Chen for giving an old painting, while Ye Chen claimed it was worth more than all the other gifts combined. Liu Lili offered to have her antiques-appraiser father, Liu Yuesheng, examine it, and Wang Tengfei publicly wagered that he would eat the table if Ye Chen was right.

• Wang Tengfei bragged that his father was a Dihao Group executive and that he planned to win supply contracts through his building materials company.
• Wang Tengfei mocked Ye Chen for relying on Xiao Churan, but Ye Chen said he was content with his life and had no shame about it.
• Liu Lili announced the guests’ gifts, and Wang Tengfei’s ten-thousand-yuan red envelope drew praise while Ye Chen and Xiao Churan’s antique painting drew ridicule.
• Ye Chen claimed the Qing-dynasty painting was worth more than all the other gifts combined, prompting the classmates to laugh at him.
• Liu Lili said her father, Liu Yuesheng, was an antiques expert and offered to ask him to appraise the painting.
• Wang Tengfei challenged Liu Yuesheng to examine the painting and vowed to eat the table if Ye Chen’s claim proved true.

Ye Chen challenged Wang Tengfei to eat a table if Liu Yuesheng confirmed the painting was worth tens of thousands. Liu Yuesheng appraised it as a genuine Huang Shen work worth over two hundred thousand, leaving Wang Tengfei facing his bet.

• Wang Tengfei agreed to eat the table if Ye Chen's painting was worth tens of thousands, while Ye Chen agreed to eat it if it was not.
• Liu Lili called her father, Liu Yuesheng, downstairs to appraise the painting.
• Liu Yuesheng identified the painting as a genuine work by Huang Shen and estimated its value at over two hundred thousand.
• Wang Daokun thanked Ye Chen for the valuable gift, and Liu Lili and the classmates changed their opinion of Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen stood before Wang Tengfei and asked how he planned to eat the table.

Ye Chen humiliated Wang Tengfei at the restaurant opening and secretly arranged for Wang Tengfei’s father to be fired from Dihao Group. When thugs demanded a stake in the restaurant, Wang Tengfei tried to use his connections to help, but the official he called brushed him off, unaware that his father’s dismissal had already spread through Jinling’s leadership.

• Wang Tengfei apologized to Ye Chen after losing their wager, and Ye Chen persuaded the classmates to drop the demand that he eat the table.
• Ye Chen asked Wang Dongxue to fire Wang Donghai, Wang Tengfei’s father, from Dihao Group, and she agreed.
• A scar-faced gang leader and his thugs barged into Daokun Restaurant and demanded a twenty percent stake from Wang Daokun and Liu Lili.
• Wang Tengfei stepped forward and threatened to call a development-zone official, then promised Liu Lili he would help.
• Wang Tengfei called District Chief Li, but Li said the matter was outside his jurisdiction and ended the call.

Wang Tengfei lost his connections and was beaten by Scarface after trying to interfere with Wang Daokun’s restaurant. When Scarface recognized Ye Chen and begged for forgiveness, he spared Wang Daokun’s business and left the classmates astonished by Ye Chen’s influence.

• Wang Tengfei learned that his father had been fired and that the development-zone official would not help him.
• Scarface beat Wang Tengfei, then demanded forty percent of Wang Daokun’s restaurant in free shares and threatened him with a dagger.
• Ye Chen ordered Scarface to put the knife down, and Scarface recognized him from Heavenly Fragrance House and dropped to his knees.
• Scarface promised to protect Wang Daokun’s restaurant without charging protection fees and had his men carry the unconscious Wang Tengfei to the hospital.
• Liu Lili and the other classmates thanked and fawned over Ye Chen, wondering how the live-in son-in-law had gained such influence.

Ye Chen took Xiao Churan to the Buckingham Palace Grand Hotel for their third wedding anniversary, keeping his surprise secret. Before they went upstairs, they ran into Xiao Churan’s former roommate Zhao Liqing, who mocked Ye Chen for being a live-in husband.

• Ye Chen gave Xiao Churan explanations for the day’s unusual events, while Dong Ruolin resolved to watch him more closely.
• Wang Tengfei was hospitalized unconscious, and his father was arrested after the Dihao Group fired him and filed a lawsuit against him.
• Ye Chen asked Xiao Churan to dress formally for their anniversary and brought her to the Buckingham Palace Grand Hotel, saying he had booked a table near the Hanging Garden.
• Xiao Churan and Ye Chen met Zhao Liqing and her wealthy husband as they entered the hotel.
• Zhao Liqing mocked Ye Chen as Xiao Churan’s live-in husband, and Ye Chen frowned at her hostility.

Ye Chen exposed Zhao Liqing’s past and her deception to her husband, Zheng Hao, after she insulted Xiao Churan. Zheng Hao turned on Zhao Liqing, while Ye Chen threatened to reveal even more.

• Zhao Liqing boasted about Zheng Hao’s wealth and mocked Ye Chen and Xiao Churan, urging Xiao Churan to divorce her husband.
• Ye Chen texted Chen Zekai and received information about Zhao Liqing’s past.
• Ye Chen revealed Zhao Liqing’s sexual history, abortions, and infertility, prompting Zheng Hao to demand an explanation.
• Ye Chen exposed how Zhao Liqing had altered her appearance and deliberately pursued Zheng Hao before their marriage.
• Zheng Hao slapped Zhao Liqing and threatened to expel her family from his home and the Zheng Family company.
• Ye Chen claimed Zhao Liqing had continued seeing her former patron after marriage and offered to find a recording of them.

After exposing Zhao Liqing’s past and leaving Zheng Hao to attack her, Ye Chen took Xiao Churan to the Hanging Garden for their third wedding anniversary. He gave her a private wedding celebration, and she embraced him in tears, feeling happier than anyone in Jinling that night.

• Zheng Hao beat Zhao Liqing and threatened to divorce her without money, while Zhao Liqing broke down and blamed Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen led Xiao Churan away, explaining that a classmate had uncovered Zhao Liqing’s past, and revealed that the Hanging Garden was their destination.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Churan he had booked the Hanging Garden and arranged a grand wedding celebration to make up for the wedding she never had.
• The hotel staff left Ye Chen and Xiao Churan alone in the lavishly decorated garden as onlookers watched from outside.
• Ye Chen professed his love and presented the wedding to Xiao Churan, who embraced him and thanked him through tears.

Ye Chen secretly gave Xiao Churan a lavish wedding and a jade necklace, but concealed his identity to protect her from the Ye Family. After they returned home, Xiao Churan’s parents demanded the BMW, and Ye Chen offered to buy his father-in-law a better car instead.

• Ye Chen gave Xiao Churan a jade necklace and told her it was a replica, promising that no one would bully her again.
• Ye Chen and Xiao Churan left the Hanging Garden privately, and the city continued to speculate about their wedding.
• Ye Chen told Xiao Churan that an old orphanage friend had helped him reserve the Hanging Garden.
• Xiao Churan’s parents saw Ye Chen’s BMW and accused him of being unfilial for buying it for himself.
• Ye Chen claimed the car was a low-end BMW 520 and promised to buy his father-in-law a BMW 530 the next morning.

Ye Chen went to buy his father-in-law a BMW 530 after giving Xiao Churan the BMW 760, but at the dealership he spotted Wang Daokun’s fiancée Liu Lili acting intimately with another man. The chapter ended as Liu Lili disparaged Wang Daokun, leaving Ye Chen angry and aware of her betrayal.

• Ye Chen reassured Xiao Churan that he had enough money to buy another car, while she tried unsuccessfully to get him to share her bed.
• Ye Chen gave Xiao Churan the BMW 760 to drive to work and promised his father-in-law he would bring home a BMW 530.
• Audi salespeople surrounded Ye Chen to pitch an A8, but he brushed them off and went to the BMW dealership.
• Ye Chen inspected a BMW 530 and prepared to pay for it.
• Ye Chen recognized Liu Lili, Wang Daokun’s fiancée, flirting with another man and heard her insult Wang Daokun.

Ye Chen discovered Liu Lili was cheating on Wang Daokun and warned his friend, who refused to believe him. Ye Chen bought a BMW 530 and returned home, where his in-laws asked him to drive them around.

• Liu Lili told Zhao Dong she planned to leave Wang Daokun and agreed to go home with Zhao Dong in exchange for a BMW X6.
• Ye Chen called Wang Daokun and told him Liu Lili was with Zhao Dong, but Wang Daokun accused Ye Chen of slandering his fiancée.
• Ye Chen warned Wang Daokun to protect the painting he had given him, then ended the call when Wang Daokun still refused to believe him.
• Ye Chen bought a new BMW 530 and drove it home with his electric scooter in the trunk.
• Ye Chen's father-in-law test-drove the BMW and asked Ye Chen to drive him to an appointment, while his mother-in-law asked for a ride to afternoon tea.

Xiao Changkun took Ye Chen to Antique Street, where he broke a Tang dynasty vase and tried to leave Ye Chen responsible for the damage. After the shop sent people to retrieve Xiao Changkun, Ye Chen discovered a hidden book in the vase and began reading its extraordinary contents.

• Xiao Changkun insisted that Ye Chen drive him to Antique Street to inspect an antique vase.
• At Auspicious Celebration Hall, Xiao Changkun broke the vase, told Ye Chen to handle the compensation, and fled.
• Zhou Liangyun demanded 5.38 million from Ye Chen, who refused to pay for a vase he had not broken.
• Zhou Liangyun sent people to catch Xiao Changkun, while Ye Chen noticed a wooden box hidden inside the vase.
• Ye Chen opened the box, found the Nine Profound Heavenly Scriptures, and read about medicine, divination, feng shui, and other extraordinary arts.

Ye Chen used a lost method from the Nine Profound Heavenly Scriptures to restore a broken Tang dynasty vase and save Xiao Changkun from a ruinous bill. Song Wanting recognized the restoration’s value, reprimanded Zhou Liangyun for damaging it, and demanded to meet the restorer.

• Xiao Changkun was dragged back to Auspicious Celebration Hall, where Zhou Liangyun demanded payment for the broken vase and threatened to send him to the police.
• Ye Chen remembered a porcelain-restoration method from the Nine Profound Heavenly Scriptures and offered to restore the vase in exchange for Xiao Changkun’s release.
• Using egg white and the broken fragments, Ye Chen restored the yuhuchun vase, but Zhou Liangyun mocked him and reached to touch it.
• Song Wanting arrived and stopped Zhou Liangyun, declaring that Ye Chen’s restoration had greatly increased the vase’s value and his touch had cost it at least two million.
• Song Wanting ordered Zhou Liangyun to pack his things and demanded that he bring her to meet the master who restored the vase.