Recaps

Xie Zhuzhou agreed to work at Ji Wuqiu's company for a month and a half after his father appeared to fall ill. The family continued barbecuing, and Ji Wangyun returned home to join them, still unaware of what Xie Zhuzhou had promised.

• Xie Zhuzhou worried about Ji Wuqiu's coughing, called his eldest and second brothers, and kept the family doctors away while asking for a new doctor.
• Ji Wuqiu persuaded Xie Zhuzhou to work at the company for a month and a half, and Xie Zhuzhou left the room believing his father might be seriously ill.
• Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang resumed barbecuing, and Xie Zhuzhou fretted about having to work while Chu Yanzhang reassured him.
• Ji Wangyun arrived home, joined the barbecue, and learned that Ji Wuqiu had been coughing despite having healthy lungs.

Xie Zhuzhou spent the holiday with the Ji family, while Chu Yanzhang tried to get closer to him. After an awkward family dinner and a near-fall while walking Aolai, Xie Zhuzhou decided to improve his coursework and take first place next semester.

• Ji Wangyun and Xie Zhuzhou chatted about Xie Zhuzhou’s past romantic entanglements, and Ji Wangyun realized his little brother had been the one playing those men.
• Ji Wangyan returned home, stole Ji Wangyun’s grilled skewers, and joined the family barbecue before accidentally making the food too spicy.
• Ji Wuqiu went hungry after his sons forgot to invite him to dinner, then joined breakfast the next morning and revealed that he was feeling better.
• On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Xie Zhuzhou stayed home with Aolai while Chu Yanzhang secretly did skincare and nearly explained his new scent.
• Aolai bolted toward a Great Pyrenees and pulled Xie Zhuzhou forward, but Xie Zhuzhou flipped safely and proudly asked Chu Yanzhang if he was awesome.
• Xie Zhuzhou resolved to improve his coursework and take first place the next semester.

Xie Zhuzhou was sent to Ji Group headquarters as Ji Wangchen’s assistant, despite his reluctance to work. He left for the office with his brother, while Chu Yanzhang was taken to his own company and warned to stop staying up late.

• Xie Zhuzhou’s family insisted he go to work, and his brothers joked that they might end up in trouble and leave him responsible for the family company.
• Ji Wangchen told Xie Zhuzhou his first task was meeting senior executives and assigned him to be his assistant.
• Xie Zhuzhou teased Ji Wangchen about being nearly twenty-eight and still unmarried until Ji Wangchen told him to shut up.
• Wu Chang warned Chu Yanzhang that staying up late caused dark circles, and Chu Yanzhang agreed to sleep more.
• Xie Zhuzhou arrived with Ji Wangchen in the underground parking lot and joked about being greeted by bodyguards, prompting Ji Wangchen to threaten an even more extravagant welcome next time.

Xie Zhuzhou accompanied Ji Wangchen to a company meeting at Aurora Future, where he struggled to stay awake while senior executives challenged the company’s new hires. The chapter ended with Ji Wangchen defending Xie Zhuzhou’s place in the group and saying he could handle the work assigned to him.

• Ji Wangchen brought Xie Zhuzhou to Aurora Future and told him to stay by his side during the morning meeting.
• Xie Zhuzhou toured Ji Wangchen’s book-filled office, joked about his brother’s hair, and followed him to the meeting.
• Special Assistant Xu presented the group’s project progress, financial situation, and personnel matters.
• Ji Wangchen addressed concerns about discord within the company and argued that its development required fresh blood and new ideas.
• An executive questioned whether Xie Zhuzhou’s inclusion was merely to make up the numbers, and Ji Wangchen defended his brother’s place in the group.

Xie Zhuzhou faced executives questioning his appointment and answered with blunt confidence, while Ji Wangchen backed him and let him handle the challenges. After Xie exposed Gao Weixiao’s lack of early achievements and mocked his family connections, Gao fell silent, and Xie realized his new discipline inspection role might suit him after all.

• An executive questioned Xie Zhuzhou’s lack of company experience, and Ji Wangchen praised his perspective and promised the group would develop under his leadership.
• Asked to speak, Xie admitted employees might resent his appointment, then cited the billions he had gained since returning to the Ji Family.
• An older shareholder questioned whether Xie had the experience and wisdom to manage the group, and Xie replied that his father and eldest brother had good reason to appoint him.
• Xie challenged Gao Weixiao to name his achievements when he first started working, and Gao admitted he had none before defending his rise from the bottom.
• Xie mocked Gao Weixiao for lacking an impressive father, leaving Gao angry and speechless after Ji Wulin had privately urged him to obstruct Xie.

Xie Zhuzhou verbally challenged the Ji Group’s executives, then began learning his new duties as disciplinary inspector. After work, he arranged to meet Chu Yanzhang for a movie, while Ji Wangchen unexpectedly invited Mu Fan to one too.

• Xie Zhuzhou rebuked shareholder Wu Jianhe and challenged the executives to reflect on their own work instead of criticizing him.
• Ji Wangchen warned the executives to take their responsibilities seriously before the new disciplinary inspector uncovered problems.
• Xie Zhuzhou complained that Ji Wangchen had tricked him into becoming an assistant, then learned that the disciplinary inspection department would follow his orders because its members were his fans.
• Chu Yanzhang agreed to meet Xie Zhuzhou after work and suggested they watch a movie together.
• Ji Wangchen overheard their plans and messaged Mu Fan to ask if he wanted to watch a movie with him.

Ji Wangchen invited Mu Fan to join him and Xie Zhuzhou for a movie at Chu Yanzhang’s home theater, hoping to gauge Chu Yanzhang’s relationship with his younger brother. The group watched a frightening 5D jiangshi film, and Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang left early to escape it.

• Mu Fan joked that he was straight, and Ji Wangchen invited him to join a movie outing with Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang.
• The four watched a 5D jiangshi movie in Chu Yanzhang’s theater while Ji Wangchen watched his brother and Chu Yanzhang for signs of romance.
• Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang both struggled to hide their fear as the movie’s effects made the jiangshi seem to lunge at them.
• Chu Yanzhang suggested leaving for some air, and Xie Zhuzhou agreed with relief.
• Outside the screening room, Xie Zhuzhou told Chu Yanzhang he suspected Ji Wangchen and Mu Fan had not come to watch the movie at all.

Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang’s prank on Ji Wangchen and Mu Fan left Ji Wangyun injured. Ji Wangyun persuaded Xie Zhuzhou to take his place at work, and Xie agreed despite worrying that Ji Wangchen might find out.

• Xie Zhuzhou convinced Chu Yanzhang to help him test Ji Wangchen and Mu Fan by having Ji Wangyun sneak up on them in the theater.
• Ji Wangchen and Mu Fan spotted Ji Wangyun and dragged him down, leaving him with a black eye and a bruised mouth.
• Xie Zhuzhou applied a warm compress to Ji Wangyun while Chu Yanzhang worried about the consequences; Ji Wangchen left with Mu Fan after telling the troublemakers to sort things out themselves.
• Ji Wangyun asked Xie Zhuzhou to cover his job at Aurora Future while his injuries healed, and Xie agreed after asking Ji Wangyun to defend him if Ji Wangchen found out.

Xie Zhuzhou struggled through a day of pretending to be Ji Wangyun at work, with Chu Yanzhang helping him handle the workload. He later learned that Ji Wangyun’s staff had recognized him from the start and had secretly treated him like a celebrity.

• Xie Zhuzhou wore Ji Wangyun’s suit and struggled to imitate him while handling meetings and documents at the company.
• Ji Wangyun teased Xie Zhuzhou by message while enjoying a day off at home.
• Chu Yanzhang arrived as a specially appointed consultant and helped Xie Zhuzhou get through the documents.
• Xie Zhuzhou returned home and confessed to Ji Wangchen that he had skipped work, while Chu Yanzhang explained that his consultant qualification was genuine.
• Ji Wangchen concluded that Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang shared only a close friendship, while Chu Yanzhang privately hoped Xie Zhuzhou would understand his hint.
• Xie Zhuzhou overheard Ji Wangyun’s call and discovered that the company staff had recognized him, replaced his coffee with milk tea, and wanted him to return.

Xie Zhuzhou struggled with the growing number of people who admired him and tried to avoid work at Aurora Future. Ji Wangchen assigned him to work on discipline enforcement, but a promised reward quickly caught his interest.

• Xie Zhuzhou returned to his room after visiting Ji Wangyun and spent the night wondering why people liked him.
• Chu Yanzhang worried about confessing his feelings to Xie Zhuzhou while his employees made him handle a backlog of work.
• Xie Zhuzhou went to Aurora Future and found that some employees admired his defiance of the company's senior figures.
• Ji Wangchen found Xie Zhuzhou asleep at his workstation, then took him to lunch and made him study discipline inspection work.
• Ji Wangchen told Xie Zhuzhou to come to work whenever he had no classes and offered him a reward for catching rule-breakers, which made Xie Zhuzhou eager to begin.

Xie Zhuzhou investigated alleged embezzlement by Gao Weixiao and learned that an influential figure was backing him, while also negotiating five days off with Ji Wangchen. As rumors spread and Gao Weixiao avoided him, Xie Zhuzhou set out with his ostracized disciplinary inspection team.

• Xie Zhuzhou agreed with Ji Wangchen to earn cash rewards and paid leave by catching serious company violations.
• After employees accused Gao Weixiao of embezzling funds, Xie Zhuzhou brought their video evidence to Ji Wangchen, who warned that Gao Weixiao had an influential backer.
• Xie Zhuzhou agreed to keep investigating for the mastermind and got Ji Wangchen to promise him five days off.
• When Ji Wangyun barged in demanding to know if he was the best brother, Xie Zhuzhou restrained and gagged him with Ji Wangchen's tie and handkerchief.
• Gao Weixiao evaded Xie Zhuzhou as negative rumors about him spread through the company.
• Xie Zhuzhou's team praised him and described how other departments ostracized them for their disciplinary work.

Xie Zhuzhou tracked Gao Weixiao to a private club and exposed his suspected embezzlement after foiling an attempt to injure him. When Gao blamed Ji Wangchen, Xie Zhuzhou kicked him across the room.

• Xie Zhuzhou learned that Gao Weixiao visited a private club every Friday and went there to investigate him.
• A chandelier fell toward the table, but Xie Zhuzhou kicked it into the wall and avoided the trap.
• Xie Zhuzhou showed Gao Weixiao an AI-generated video of apparent embezzlement and confronted him with evidence about money transferred to his lover and dealings with suppliers.
• Gao Weixiao denied the accusations, then claimed Ji Wangchen was the mastermind and that he had only followed orders.
• Xie Zhuzhou kicked Gao Weixiao into a wall before he could finish speaking.

Xie Zhuzhou exposed Gao Weixiao’s scheme, had him arrested, and warned the company’s staff to confess their own misconduct. After Ji Wulin and Gao Jilan discussed the fallout, Xie returned to school and suspected Li Yankai was hiding how hard he studied.

• Xie Zhuzhou kicked Gao Weixiao into a wall, then told the assembled staff he had acted in self-defense and warned them to turn themselves in before he gave evidence to Ji Wangchen.
• Yang Da and his men arrived with a captured accomplice, while Yue Ke dismissed Xie Zhuzhou as an incapable rich young man and remained confident in his own power.
• In Country M, Gao Jilan told Ji Wulin that Gao Weixiao had been arrested, and the two argued over the embezzlement and Xie Zhuzhou before deciding to return home.
• Xie Zhuzhou reflected that Gao Weixiao’s bragging would likely expose Ji Wulin’s protection of him, unaware that Gao Jilan blamed him and wanted revenge.
• At the first class meeting of the new term, Li Yankai asked Xie Zhuzhou why he had not invited him to more activities, and Xie suspected Li was pretending to be poor while secretly studying hard.

Xie Zhuzhou realized he missed Chu Yanzhang while the younger man was away working, then went to work himself and faced an unexpected family discussion. Ji Wuqiu clarified that he wanted to take Chu Yanzhang as his godson, not arrange a marriage, and the family agreed pending Chu Yanzhang’s opinion.

• Xie Zhuzhou wondered why he had befriended Chu Yanzhang and admitted that he found the younger man pleasing, comfortable to be around, and exceptionally well-behaved.
• After class, Xie Zhuzhou went to work and offered Li Yankai a junior management job at one of his companies, but Li Yankai declined.
• At dinner, Ji Wuqiu began praising Chu Yanzhang and suggested a plan, prompting Ji Wangchen, Ji Wangyun, and Ji Wangyan to object to a marriage alliance with Xie Zhuzhou.
• Xie Zhuzhou feared his family was nearing bankruptcy and protested the idea of marrying Chu Yanzhang.
• Ji Wuqiu explained that he wanted to take Chu Yanzhang as his godson, and Xie Zhuzhou and his brothers agreed, though Xie Zhuzhou said Chu Yanzhang should be asked first.

Chu Yanzhang feared that the Ji Family had discovered his feelings for Xie Zhuzhou, but Ji Wuqiu instead offered to take him as his godson. Chu Yanzhang left heartbroken, while Ji Wuqiu realized he was in love with Xie Zhuzhou and decided to watch what happened next.

• Chu Yanzhang reflected on how Xie Zhuzhou had helped him through his despair and realized he wanted to confess his feelings.
• Ji Wuqiu told Chu Yanzhang that the Ji Family wanted him to become his godson, and Chu Yanzhang asked to think it over.
• Chu Yanzhang left the house in the rain, believing Xie Zhuzhou had no feelings for him, and Xie Zhuzhou sent him upstairs to shower.
• Ji Wuqiu realized Chu Yanzhang had feelings for Xie Zhuzhou and silently decided to see how he would pursue his son.
• Xie Zhuzhou pointed out that Ji Wuqiu was wearing mismatched socks.

Xie Zhuzhou comforted Chu Yanzhang and caught his older brothers spying on them, then joined them for training. He began sparring with Ji Wangchen, and their first exchange left the match unresolved.

• Xie Zhuzhou found Chu Yanzhang refusing dinner, asked if he was ill, and persuaded him to eat something later.
• Chu Yanzhang held Xie Zhuzhou's hand to his cheek and said he wanted to go to school with him, while Ji Wangchen, Ji Wangyun, and Ji Wangyan watched from the hallway.
• Xie Zhuzhou caught his older brothers eavesdropping and decided to train with them, while Chu Yanzhang stayed behind to watch.
• Xie Zhuzhou challenged Ji Wangchen in the octagonal ring, and the two exchanged fast strikes before separating and facing each other again.

Xie Zhuzhou showed off his martial arts by fighting Ji Wangchen, then faced Ji Wangyun, who surrendered before they could begin. Ji Wangyan was left to take his turn in the ring.

• Ji Wangyun and Ji Wangyan realized Xie Zhuzhou had exceptional martial arts skill as he fought Ji Wangchen to a standstill.
• Chu Yanzhang recorded the match and cheered for Xie Zhuzhou, while Ji Wangyun suspected Chu had designs on his little brother.
• Xie Zhuzhou landed a heavy punch that Ji Wangchen barely avoided, then ended the match and thanked him.
• Ji Wangyan urged Ji Wangyun to tire Xie Zhuzhou out, but Ji Wangyun raised a white flag and surrendered before their match began.
• Xie Zhuzhou called Ji Wangyan into the ring for his turn.

Xie Zhuzhou defeated Ji Wangyan in a spar and insisted that Chu Yanzhang was too fragile to fight, then used his days off to visit Ji Wangchen’s mother. On the drive, Chu Yanzhang leaned against him, while Xie Zhuzhou privately reflected that his lively, mischievous nature was a disguise he dropped only around Chu.

• Xie Zhuzhou beat Ji Wangyan with a single elbow strike, and Ji Wangyan acknowledged that his younger brother had gone easy on him.
• Ji Wangyan suggested Chu Yanzhang spar with Xie Zhuzhou, but Xie Zhuzhou said Chu was unwell and too fragile to fight.
• Ji Wangchen gave Xie Zhuzhou a three-million reward and told him that all the paintings from his exhibition had sold.
• Xie Zhuzhou asked what Ji Wangchen’s mother liked and invited Chu Yanzhang to accompany him on a visit.
• In the car, Chu Yanzhang leaned against Xie Zhuzhou and said he was sleepy, while Xie Zhuzhou let him rest on his shoulder.

Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang visited an art exhibition, where Chu Yanzhang held his hand and Xie Zhuzhou struggled with his growing attraction. At Exhibition Hall 12, Sheng Wanqing waited for Xie Zhuzhou after all six of his paintings had quickly sold out.

• On the way to the arts center, Chu Yanzhang enjoyed leaning against Xie Zhuzhou and resolved to tell him how he felt.
• In the parking lot, Xie Zhuzhou recalled his past illness and why he had wanted to help Chu Yanzhang, then Chu Yanzhang noticed his reddened eyes and offered to blow on them.
• Xiao Nan interrupted their close moment with a sneeze, and Chu Yanzhang gave him a cold stare while Xie Zhuzhou failed to notice.
• Chu Yanzhang took Xie Zhuzhou's hand to lead him to the exhibition, and Xie Zhuzhou let him hold it.
• At Exhibition Hall 12, Sheng Wanqing waited for Xie Zhuzhou and reflected on how quickly all six of his paintings had sold.

Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang met Sheng Wanqing at her exhibition, where she welcomed them with gifts and showed Xie the buyers of his paintings. Their peaceful visit ended when Yuan Dede insulted Chu and Xie, then suddenly collapsed, and Sheng Wanqing ordered her assistant to remove him.

• Xie Zhuzhou introduced Chu Yanzhang to Sheng Wanqing and gave her an embroidered landscape, while she gave Xie a rare book on Chinese painting and Chu a mechanical music box.
• Sheng Wanqing showed Xie the contracts for his painting buyers, and Xie realized Chu had secretly bought two paintings to support him.
• Xie and Chu toured the exhibition with Sheng Wanqing until Yuan Dede spotted Xie and insulted Chu's family and background.
• Xie rebuked Yuan Dede, who began to accuse him of using a ghost painter before collapsing and turning purple.
• Xie told Sheng Wanqing that Yuan Dede had insulted them, and she ordered her assistant to take him away.

At an art exhibition, Yuan Dede’s attempt to cause trouble ended with him suffering a mysterious stomachache and being driven away, while Xie Zhuzhou wondered what had caused it. Director Wang then invited Xie Zhuzhou to a livestreamed survival competition, and Xie agreed on the condition that someone he introduced replace an investor.

• Yuan Dede collapsed with severe stomach pain after provoking Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang, and the crowd accused him of faking it.
• Yuan Dede’s pain stopped when someone tried to call an ambulance, then returned when the call was abandoned, so he left with his companions to avoid the police.
• Xie Zhuzhou apologized to Sheng Wanqing for the disruption, and she privately decided he and Chu Yanzhang were well-behaved.
• At home, Xie Zhuzhou briefly considered the strange cause of Yuan Dede’s pain before giving up on solving it.
• Director Wang invited Xie Zhuzhou to compete in the two-day, livestreamed Survival Grand Challenge for a five-million prize.
• Xie Zhuzhou agreed to join if someone he introduced replaced an investor and the arrangement remained confidential.

Xie Zhuzhou planned to join a reality show on a distant island and organized a small team to revive Weili'ang Film and Television Company. After Chu Yanzhang brought him strawberry milk and wiped his mouth, Xie Zhuzhou realized he had fallen for him.

• Director Wang secured Xie Zhuzhou's agreement to travel to the island for the show after his internship ended.
• Xie Zhuzhou told Xiao Nan he wanted to revive Weili'ang and approved a four-member financial management studio to oversee the company.
• Xie Zhuzhou told Xiao Nan to hire two assistants, then Xiao Nan left the office as Chu Yanzhang arrived with hot milk.
• Chu Yanzhang gave Xie Zhuzhou strawberry milk, and Xie Zhuzhou finished it while pretending to scold him.
• Chu Yanzhang wiped Xie Zhuzhou's mouth, and Xie Zhuzhou blushed after he left, realizing he had turned gay.

Xie Zhuzhou realized he was falling for Chu Yanzhang and worried about how to pursue him, while his family mistook his vague request for help as a plan to commit a crime. At school, he accidentally elbowed Li Yankai, who tried to retaliate, and Xie Zhuzhou remained unsure how to win Chu Yanzhang over.

• Xie Zhuzhou lost sleep after wondering whether his attraction to Chu Yanzhang was genuine, and Chu Yanzhang was sent to work instead of meeting him that morning.
• At breakfast, Xie Zhuzhou asked Ji Wuqiu for help getting something, and his father and brothers responded with advice about crimes and harming people.
• Ji Wuqiu warned Xie Zhuzhou not to cause trouble at school, then called Xie Guanxia, who refused to return and told him to handle their son himself.
• At school, Xie Zhuzhou accidentally struck Li Yankai with an elbow when Li startled him, and Li later tried to pull down Xie Zhuzhou's trousers.
• Xie Zhuzhou spent the morning thinking about how to pursue Chu Yanzhang and concluded that the original owner's methods had not worked.

Xie Zhuzhou tried to secretly arrange flowers for Chu Yanzhang but got cold feet, while Chu Yanzhang misread his behavior and grew more infatuated. The chapter left Chu Yanzhang embarrassing himself in a shareholder video meeting as Wu Chang concluded his boss was beyond saving.

• Li Yankai and Ji Wangyun secretly planned to find out what was troubling Xie Zhuzhou, but Li Yankai lost him while following him through the school.
• Li Yankai mistook Li Shangfeng's discarded shoes for a sign of his father's hardship, and Li Shangfeng promised to buy him another pair after receiving his bonus.
• Xie Zhuzhou evaded his bodyguards and went to a florist, but decided to wait until Chu Yanzhang's birthday to confess instead of sending flowers.
• Chu Yanzhang returned to the Ji Family home, noticed Xie Zhuzhou had gone to bed early, and spent the night imagining a future with him.
• Chu Yanzhang accidentally appeared on a video meeting with a face mask on, then turned off his camera and continued wearing it while Wu Chang watched in exasperation.

Xie Zhuzhou tried to appear refined around Chu Yanzhang, while Ji Wangyan realized Chu Yanzhang was in love with him and resolved to prevent them from getting together. The chapter ended with Chu Yanzhang driving Xie Zhuzhou to school as Xie Zhuzhou struggled to think of something romantic to say.

• Xie Zhuzhou dressed carefully for breakfast, hoping to impress Chu Yanzhang, while the maids mistook his early rise for a bid to compete for the Ji family fortune.
• At breakfast, Chu Yanzhang offered Xie Zhuzhou an egg, and Ji Wangyan noticed Chu Yanzhang's flushed ears and concluded that he liked Xie Zhuzhou.
• Ji Wangyan decided to stop Chu Yanzhang from confessing, fearing their relationship could entangle the Ji family and limit his younger brother's freedom.
• Chu Yanzhang drove Xie Zhuzhou to school, while Xie Zhuzhou wondered how to use the romantic lines he had found online.