Recaps

Xie Zhuzhou struggled to express his feelings for Chu Yanzhang, while Chu Yanzhang planned a proper confession of his own. At school, Xie Zhuzhou met with his second aunt Gao Jilan and kept Li Yankai beside him as he faced her.

• Xie Zhuzhou watched Chu Yanzhang's car leave and realized he was afraid to confess because he cherished him too much to risk hurting him.
• Chu Yanzhang complained to Wu Chang that he had been driven away before he could say goodbye, then resolved to prepare a proper confession for Zhouzhou.
• Xie Zhuzhou learned that a relative was waiting for him, and Li Yankai followed him to the school director's office.
• Gao Jilan greeted Xie Zhuzhou and described Ji Shanyan's studies abroad, while Xie Zhuzhou recalled her contemptuous attitude toward him.
• When Gao Jilan asked Li Yankai to leave, Xie Zhuzhou kept him there by assigning him to fetch the school director's tea and calling him his assistant.

Xie Zhuzhou rejected Gao Jilan’s plea to have Aurora Future drop its lawsuit against Gao Weixiao and provoked her into leaving in anger. Later, Ji Wangyan arranged for Li Yankai to walk Aolai, who quickly won his admiration.

• Xie Zhuzhou told Gao Jilan he would not help her persuade his eldest brother to withdraw Aurora Future’s lawsuit against Gao Weixiao.
• Xie Zhuzhou accused Gao Jilan’s family of harming his branch and reminded her that Gao Weixiao had tried to murder him.
• Gao Jilan threw her jade bangle at Xie Zhuzhou, then rushed away after he hinted that Ji Wulin had a mistress.
• Xie Zhuzhou told Li Yankai that Ji Wulin had used Gao Weixiao to try to kill him and planned to eliminate the Gao Family as well.
• Ji Wangyan called Chu Yanzhang to walk Aolai, but Li Yankai arrived instead after being offered a dog-walking job.
• Li Yankai admired Aolai and said he wanted to steal the dog, while Ji Wangyan feared for the Ji Family’s future.

Xie Zhuzhou continued his internship under Ji Wangchen’s supervision while his warning led Gao Jilan to uncover Ji Wulin’s affair and role in her brother’s downfall. The chapter left Gao Jilan attacking Ji Wulin at their home after isolating him and beginning to move their assets.

• Chu Yanzhang hired someone to walk the dog while worrying that Xie Zhuzhou might reject him.
• Ji Wangchen praised Xie Zhuzhou’s work at the company, but Xie Zhuzhou left early without permission.
• Gao Jilan secretly monitored Ji Wulin and discovered that he had a mistress and another family.
• Gao Jilan used Ji Wulin’s fingerprint to open his backup phone and found evidence that he had caused her younger brother’s downfall.
• Gao Jilan blocked Ji Wulin’s communications, began transferring their marital assets, and attacked him after he discovered what she was doing.

Gao Jilan punished Ji Wulin after he insulted her, leaving him hospitalized, while Xie Zhuzhou later learned he could use a tablet to monitor every department at his company. As Chu Yanzhang prepared to confess his feelings to Zhouzhou, Zhouzhou enjoyed listening in on employees gossiping about his masked appearance on a dating show.

• Gao Jilan slapped Ji Wulin and, with help from a burly man, subjected him to an assault that left him hospitalized.
• Ji Wuqiu heard Ji Wulin blame his wife for what happened, concealed his amusement, and shared the gossip with Xie Guanxia.
• Xie Zhuzhou guessed that Ji Wulin had gotten too wild and landed in the hospital, while Chu Yanzhang planned to take Zhouzhou away and confess his feelings.
• Ji Wangchen gave Xie Zhuzhou a tablet that let him monitor every department, and Xie was delighted to discover he could listen in on employees.
• Xie Zhuzhou overheard employees complain that he hid his face on the dating show and reflected that he had persuaded the director to let him wear a mask.

Xie Zhuzhou secretly left work to meet Chu Yanzhang, while Ji Wangchen figured out what was happening and sent people to catch him. The pair rode slowly along back roads as Ji Wangchen’s men questioned Chu Yanzhang’s employees for clues to his whereabouts.

• Xie Zhuzhou overheard employees praising his unseen moments from the recorded version of Love 5 and was unsettled by their fondness for him.
• Chu Yanzhang called Xie Zhuzhou and invited him to skip work, and Xie Zhuzhou lied to Ji Wangchen that he was going downstairs to collect fried chicken.
• Ji Wangchen realized Xie Zhuzhou had left with Chu Yanzhang and ordered Yang Da to help bring him back.
• Xie Zhuzhou met Chu Yanzhang and rode behind him on a motorcycle, urging him to go faster as they took the back roads.
• Ji Wangchen’s men went to Chu Yanzhang’s company and questioned Wu Chang, who agreed to list the addresses he knew.

Chu Yanzhang took Xie Zhuzhou to his mountain house and confessed his deep feelings, listing the ways Xie had cared for him and offering him everything he had. Xie Zhuzhou was overwhelmed by the elaborate confession and Chu Yanzhang's devotion, and the chapter ended with Chu nervously waiting for his answer.

• Chu Yanzhang rode with Xie Zhuzhou to a secluded house near the Ji Family estate, where he had prepared lunch.
• Chu Yanzhang served Xie Zhuzhou his favorite dishes, and Xie urged him to consider his own preferences too.
• After lunch, Chu Yanzhang led Xie Zhuzhou through a balloon-lined path to a courtyard filled with transplanted flowers and a blooming plum tree.
• Chu Yanzhang confessed that he loved Xie Zhuzhou and recalled how Xie had supported him while he was blind and during his time in Country D.
• Chu Yanzhang offered Xie Zhuzhou his money and everything he had, then waited anxiously for Xie's reply.

Xie Zhuzhou agreed to date Chu Yanzhang for two months before making their relationship official, while Chu Yanzhang eagerly accepted. Back at home, Ji Wangchen and his brothers realized Chu Yanzhang had taken their youngest brother and decided to stop searching.

• Xie Zhuzhou examined the cuts on Chu Yanzhang’s hand, and Chu Yanzhang confessed his feelings and asked to be together.
• Xie Zhuzhou said he liked Chu Yanzhang a little and proposed dating for two months before making their relationship official.
• Chu Yanzhang happily accepted the probationary relationship and promised to do whatever Xie Zhuzhou said.
• Ji Wangchen learned that Chu Yanzhang had taken their youngest brother, while Ji Wangyan and Ji Wangyun admitted they had suspected Chu Yanzhang’s interest.
• The three brothers stopped searching and discussed whether Chu Yanzhang and their youngest brother would be all right together.

Ji Wangyan’s brothers worried about the fragility of love while Xie Zhuzhou spent the evening with Chu Yanzhang, who walked him home after their Go game. Chu Yanzhang learned that several of Xie Zhuzhou’s suitors were pursuing a nearby villa and arranged to help its owners before learning that Zhouzhou had arrived home safely.

• Ji Wangyan recalled his parents’ divorce and feared that love could hurt as much as it could comfort.
• Xie Zhuzhou stayed with Chu Yanzhang in the mountain courtyard after dark, then agreed to keep his promise to work the next day and went home with Brother Wen.
• Chu Yanzhang confronted Wu Chang for revealing his secret and threatened to cut his bonus.
• Wu Chang told Chu Yanzhang that several of Xie Zhuzhou’s suitors were interested in the Yu Family’s villa, including Zhang Yin and Xue Lang.
• Chu Yanzhang asked Wu Chang to investigate the Yu Family’s troubles and help them move abroad, then smiled when Xie Zhuzhou messaged that he had arrived home.

Xie Zhuzhou returned home after starting a relationship with Chu Yanzhang, while his brothers tried to figure out what had happened between them. The next morning, Ji Wangchen let Xie Zhuzhou take the day off, and the new couple left together as Chu Yanzhang decided Wangchen was a good man.

• Xie Zhuzhou came home to find Ji Wangchen and his brothers waiting, but they avoided questioning him about Chu Yanzhang.
• Xie Zhuzhou drank his nourishing soup and wondered whether Ji Wangchen expected him to apologize for skipping work.
• The next morning, Chu Yanzhang waited at the Ji Family home and asked Ji Wangchen to let him keep Xie Zhuzhou company.
• Ji Wangchen gave Xie Zhuzhou the day off, and Xie Zhuzhou handed him a stress-relief gift before leaving with Chu Yanzhang.
• Chu Yanzhang was pleased to spend the day alone with Zhouzhou and thought Wangchen really was a good man.

Chu Yanzhang and Xie Zhuzhou fell asleep together while Wen Shuming drove them to the countryside, as Wu Chang secured the Yu Family estate through a business deal. Ling Zhenyang planned to join the Sunset Island game to get time alone with Xie Zhuzhou, and Director Wang called Xie Zhuzhou after a flood of people tried to buy places in the game.

• Chu Yanzhang cuddled with Xie Zhuzhou, who pulled him into his arms, and the two fell asleep together while Wen Shuming drove them to his hometown.
• Wu Chang offered the Yu Family three ways to save its business, and the family chose his offer of a project in exchange for transferring its estate.
• Ling Zhenyang learned the Yu Family had agreed to sell its estate to an unknown buyer, then decided to sign up for the Sunset Island game to speak with Xie Zhuzhou.
• Director Wang received a surge of applications and offers of five million for a spot in the game, then called Xie Zhuzhou to ask what to do.

Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang picked strawberries in the countryside, where their first kiss turned into a lingering second one. After learning Xie Zhuzhou would appear on Sunset Island among many of his enemies, Chu Yanzhang signed up to join him.

• Xie Zhuzhou arranged for more surveillance cameras and drones for the Sunset Island show, while Director Wang warned him that many wealthy young men would participate.
• Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang went to Wen Shuming's family greenhouse to pick strawberries and shared a first kiss followed by a deeper one.
• Wen Shuming noticed their flushed faces and swollen lips, told them to restrain themselves, and later brought Chu Yanzhang a laptop to work on.
• Wen Shuming told Chu Yanzhang that Xie Zhuzhou was joining Sunset Island and that many participants were his enemies, so Chu Yanzhang ordered him to sign up immediately.
• Wen Shuming revealed that he had already registered Chu Yanzhang for the show.

After Ji Wangyun was injured in a deliberate car accident, Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang rushed to the hospital and waited anxiously as he underwent emergency treatment. Ji Wangyun survived the immediate danger but remained in the ICU, while his family began investigating who had targeted him.

• Xie Zhuzhou learned that Ji Wangyun had been in a car accident and went to Cangshan Private Hospital with Chu Yanzhang.
• Chu Yanzhang fell asleep in Xie Zhuzhou's lap during the drive, then joined him at the hospital.
• Ji Wangchen and Ji Wangyan arrived, and a doctor reported that Ji Wangyun was out of immediate danger but had severe head trauma and needed ICU observation.
• Ji Wangchen received word that the crash had been deliberate, and Chu Yanzhang sent Wu Chang to investigate.
• Ji Wangyan wondered whether the attack was connected to Ji Wangyun's recent affairs.

Xie Zhuzhou stayed at the hospital while Ji Wangyun remained in intensive care and learned that the crash had been deliberately arranged. After Ji Wangyun woke and was moved out of danger, he looked at Xie Zhuzhou and asked, "Who are you?"

• Ji Wangyan told Xie Zhuzhou that Jin Renwei had tried to drug Ji Wangyun in East City, but the scheme had backfired on Jin Renwei.
• Ji Wangchen sent the younger family members home to rest while Xie Zhuzhou stayed at the hospital with Xiao Nan.
• Xie Zhuzhou asked Xiao Nan to investigate the Jin Family, and Ji Wangchen's people reported that a black SUV had repeatedly tried to force Ji Wangyun's car off the road.
• Chu Yanzhang messaged Xie Zhuzhou to reassure him and promised to bring breakfast the next morning.
• Ji Wangyun woke at dawn and was moved to a regular ward, but when Xie Zhuzhou visited him, Ji Wangyun asked who he was.

After a head injury, Ji Wangyun temporarily lost his memories, leaving his family and Xie Zhuzhou worried as he struggled to recognize them. Li Yankai visited him and began explaining that they had known each other as children.

• Ji Wangyun woke with memory loss, and the doctor told Xie Zhuzhou that his memories would likely return as he recovered.
• Xie Zhuzhou informed the family and Li Yankai, who went to Cangshan Hospital to visit Ji Wangyun.
• Ji Wangyun failed to recognize most of his family but remembered his dog, Aolai, and learned that he had a younger sister.
• Chu Yanzhang reassured Xie Zhuzhou that Ji Wangyun would be okay and said he was investigating the Jin Family.
• Li Yankai visited Ji Wangyun and said they had known each other as children because his family had lived near the Sheng Family.

Ji Wangyun, suffering from severe amnesia, spent time with Li Yankai and asked about his family, while Li Yankai recalled their childhood friendship. Later, Xie Zhuzhou woke up to find Chu Yanzhang working and agreed to let him accompany him to visit Ji Wangyun at the hospital.

• Li Yankai explained the Sheng Family and his connection to Ji Wangyun, who remembered little beyond basic facts and his dog.
• Li Yankai peeled an apple for Ji Wangyun and told him about his college life and a persistent blind date arranged by his parents.
• Ji Wangyun began feeling unwell, and Li Yankai checked on him.
• Xie Zhuzhou woke up and found Chu Yanzhang and Wen Shuming working in the apartment.
• Chu Yanzhang took Xie Zhuzhou's hand, and Xie Zhuzhou invited him to visit Ji Wangyun in the hospital.

Xie Zhuzhou was assigned to work at Ji Wangyun’s company while Ji Wangyun recovered from his car crash, which the family suspected was a deliberate attack. As Ji Wangyun tried to make sense of his memory loss, a company assistant tested whether he was pretending.

• Xie Zhuzhou found Li Yankai keeping Ji Wangyun company for unusually high pay and checked on his recovering second brother.
• Ji Wangchen told Xie Zhuzhou to spend the rest of his internship at Ji Wangyun’s company, where people were becoming restless, and warned him about the Jin Family.
• Xie Zhuzhou agreed to go, while the family’s investigation continued to link the staged car crash to a cousin of Jin Renwei’s assistant.
• Li Yankai reassured Ji Wangyun that Xie Zhuzhou was capable as Ji Wangyun struggled to recall the crash and understand his family’s concerns.
• Xiao Liu brought company documents for Ji Wangyun to sign, but withdrew them after he questioned her identity, revealing that someone had been testing whether his memory loss was genuine.

After Ji Wangyun’s accident left him with amnesia, Xie Zhuzhou took over as Radiant Moon’s acting representative and began looking for a spy while guarding against the Jin Family. He spent his first day appearing carefree at the company, then bantered with Chu Yanzhang by message.

• Ji Wangchen told Xie Zhuzhou to fill in for Ji Wangyun and investigate the possible mole, while allowing him to handle Chu Yanzhang as he saw fit.
• Xie Zhuzhou went to Radiant Moon, where Xiao Yuan showed him to Ji Wangyun’s office and explained that he was the company’s acting representative.
• Xie Zhuzhou questioned Manager Wang about a contract, and Manager Wang left believing that President Xie was reasonable and kind.
• Xie Zhuzhou played Snake and drank milk tea at work, gaining a reputation as a useless fool and lowering some people’s guard.
• Chu Yanzhang texted that he wanted to pick Xie Zhuzhou up after work, and Xie Zhuzhou teased him in reply.

Xie Zhuzhou tried to draw out the people targeting him at Radiant Moon, unaware that employees were beginning to reconsider their opinions of him. After leaving work, he learned his bodyguards had used him as bait and headed toward Chu Yanzhang’s nearby office.

• Chu Yanzhang clarified that he had meant picking Xie Zhuzhou up after work, and Xie Zhuzhou teased him about being allowed to pick him up in return.
• Radiant Moon employees debated Xie Zhuzhou, while a fan posing as a hater defended him by recalling his helpful actions on the dating show.
• Xie Zhuzhou tried to make Manager Wang see him as a clueless, spoiled heir so the people lurking in the shadows would be tempted to act, but the Jin Family’s spy instead became interested in testing him.
• Xie Zhuzhou left work promptly at five, and Yang Da and Li Er admitted they had watched him from a distance as bait.
• Xie Zhuzhou checked the map and saw that Chu Yanzhang’s office was only 1.2 kilometers away, while Yang Da and Li Er worried that they had angered him.

Xie Zhuzhou picked Chu Yanzhang up from work, and the two shared an affectionate ride home. Meanwhile, Ji Wuwei had been abducted abroad, prompting the Ji family to gather and search for answers.

• Xie Zhuzhou took Yang Da's car keys and drove to pick up Chu Yanzhang while a witness reported his behavior to Young Master Jin.
• The Jin Family's spies investigated Xie Zhuzhou and found his movements unpredictable, including reports that he had scaled a wall at University A.
• Xie Zhuzhou met Chu Yanzhang outside his office, and Chu Yanzhang kissed his forehead and nose before asking whether he had been missed.
• Ji Wuwei, captured and taken to an emirate abroad, refused the foul-smelling soup offered to him.
• The old master summoned the Ji family after Ji Wuwei disappeared and demanded that whoever had taken him release him.
• Xie Zhuzhou denied abducting Ji Wuwei and joked about the gifts his little uncle had given him until the old master told him to keep quiet.

Ji Wangchen and Ji Wangyan confronted Master Elder Ji’s family over Ji Wuwei’s disappearance, while Gao Jilan and her sister-in-law shifted blame onto each other. Xie Zhuzhou learned that Ji Wangchen had fabricated the incriminating photos, and the family still had no answer about where Ji Wuwei was.

• Ji Wulin denied hurting Ji Wuwei, but Master Elder Ji sent him outside to kneel after hearing he had been keeping a mistress.
• Ji Wangyan criticized Master Elder Ji for neglecting Ji Wangyun after his serious accident, prompting the old man to send gifts and a red envelope to the hospital.
• Ji Wangchen presented blurry photos that appeared to show Ji Wuwei with Gao Jilan’s cousin before he disappeared, then asked Gao Jilan where her cousin was.
• Gao Jilan blamed her sister-in-law for suggesting the match, and the two women accused each other of setting up the situation.
• Xie Zhuzhou messaged Ji Wangchen to ask whether the photos were real, and Ji Wangchen replied that he had learned to make them from Xie Zhuzhou.

Xie Zhuzhou refused Master Elder Ji’s demand to help find Ji Wuwei, arguing that his uncle had once tried to have him killed. After Xie Zhuzhou left with rare plants, Master Elder Ji discovered that he had dug up a large section of the botanical garden.

• Xie Zhuzhou watched his youngest aunt admit she had been bragging, while the Ji Family still had no trace of the missing Ji Wuwei.
• Master Elder Ji asked Xie Zhuzhou about Ji Yun’s car accident, and Xie Zhuzhou explained that the Jin Family had targeted his brother.
• Master Elder Ji ordered everyone else to leave and urged Xie Zhuzhou to help find Ji Wuwei, but Xie Zhuzhou refused to be guilted into helping his enemy.
• Master Elder Ji backed down and offered Xie Zhuzhou rare plants, then told Ji Wuqiu to take his tired son home.
• Xie Zhuzhou left with the butler, and Master Elder Ji found that he had dug up a large patch of the botanical garden.

Xie Zhuzhou uncovered suspicious people at work and prepared for an ambush while going out to buy pastries. In a dark alley, he recognized Secretary Zhu as the man behind the attack, then revealed a spiked club as Zhu’s men closed in.

• Xie Zhuzhou identified hostile employees and began reviewing surveillance footage to expose them.
• Xie Zhuzhou asked Wu Chang to check documents and dismissed his concerns about the island show.
• Xie Zhuzhou learned of an upcoming birthday banquet and left work to buy pastries in East Xiang Alley.
• Zhu Shan led more than a dozen men after Xie Zhuzhou, intending to kill him and revealing his hatred of Xie Zhuzhou and Ji Wangyun.
• Xie Zhuzhou recognized Zhu Shan in a dead-end alley, insulted him, and pulled a diamond-studded retractable spiked club from his jacket.

Xie Zhuzhou defeated Zhu Shan and more than a dozen attackers, then learned Zhu Shan claimed the Jin Family had hired him to kill Xie Zhuzhou and Ji Wangyun. The next morning, Xie Zhuzhou’s crackdown at Radiant Moon became office gossip, while Ji Wangchen and Ji Wangyan discussed the Jin Family and an upcoming birthday banquet.

• Xie Zhuzhou swiftly incapacitated Zhu Shan’s men and forced Zhu Shan to claim the Jin Family had paid him to target Xie Zhuzhou and Ji Wangyun.
• Xie Zhuzhou questioned Zhu Shan’s story, recognized his connection to Jin Renwei’s assistant, and ordered the injured men taken away.
• Coworkers at Radiant Moon traded stories about Xie Zhuzhou’s fight, and Nana rebuked a coworker for calling him brutal and terrifying.
• Ji Wangchen and Ji Wangyan watched the fight video and wondered whether the Jin Family would avoid leaving evidence against itself.
• Ji Wangyan asked Ji Wangchen about attending Old Master Zhang’s birthday banquet and said Little Brother wanted his approval for a plan.

At Old Master Zhang’s birthday banquet, Xie Zhuzhou’s former tormentors admired him from afar while Jin Renwei eyed him as a possible future target. Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang spoke with Zhang Yin, who hinted that news had just arrived about an interesting turn of events in his family.

• Nong Yizhi and the other wealthy heirs praised Xie Zhuzhou for sparing them and said they wanted to become like him, while Zhan Tongfei told them to clean up their act first.
• Jin Renwei watched Xie Zhuzhou from the second floor and said he found him attractive, as his companion reminded him that Ji Wangyan was the target.
• Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang met Zhang Yin, who praised Xie Zhuzhou and explained that they had met on a dating show.
• Xie Zhuzhou teased Zhang Yin for only now deciding to live for himself, and Zhang Yin privately wondered whether Xie was implying he was old.
• A visitor whispered to Zhang Yin, drawing guests’ attention, and Zhang Yin invited Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang to hear the family news.

Zhang Yin’s stepmother was caught in a scandal with Jin Renwei, and Jin’s defiance turned the public humiliation into a confrontation between the Zhang and Jin families. The chapter ended with Old Master Zhang facing Jin Renwei and challenging him on whether he thought the Zhang Family was easy to bully.

• Zhang Yin’s father opened the guest lounge and found his wife with Jin Renwei as a crowd watched.
• Jin Renwei mocked Father Zhang and refused his demand that the Jin Family apologize and leave City A.
• Zhang Yin urged his father to stay calm and handle the immediate scandal before confronting the Jin Family.
• Father Zhang declared that the Zhang Family would stop working with the Jin Family after Jin Renwei insulted them.
• Old Master Zhang confronted Jin Renwei and asked whether he thought the Zhang Family was easy to bully.