Chapter Summaries

Xie Zhuzhou humiliated Dao Yuan at his birthday banquet by painting him as Mr. Pighead and selling the portrait for twenty million, while Chu Yanzhang arranged a gift for Zhuzhou. An Xinian, Qin Fang, and Ling Zhenyang realized Zhuzhou had been playing with them, and Qin Fang claimed Zhuzhou was already seeing someone.

• Chu Yanzhang told Wu Chang to note the banquet troublemakers and bring Zhuzhou water, then ordered a gift for the end of the banquet.
• Xie Zhuzhou painted Dao Yuan as a swollen-faced Mr. Pighead and said he would send the portrait to an exhibition.
• Dao Yuan panicked and offered increasingly high prices until Xie Zhuzhou sold him the painting for twenty million; the medical team carried Dao Yuan away.
• The guests worried that Xie Zhuzhou had offended their families, while Zhuzhou relied on his family’s support and the weaknesses he had gathered on villainous families.
• An Xinian, Qin Fang, and Ling Zhenyang concluded that Zhuzhou’s past attention had only been a game, but still refused to let him off easily.
• Qin Fang told An Xinian and Ling Zhenyang that Zhuzhou was already seeing someone, prompting An Xinian to turn livid and Ling Zhenyang to demand the truth.

At the birthday banquet, Wang Anning tried to trap Xie Zhuzhou into a public chess match, but Xie Zhuzhou turned the challenge into a spectacle that forced dozens of guests to serve as living chess pieces. Wang Anning finally surrendered, while the exhausted participants blamed him for the ordeal.

• Wang Anning challenged Xie Zhuzhou to play chess and pressured him to perform for the birthday guests.
• Xie Zhuzhou demanded thirty-two participants and arranged for the guests to hold oversized wooden pieces on a giant chessboard.
• Chu Yanzhang listened to the broadcast while Wu Chang coordinated the capture of infiltrating waiters.
• Ji Wangyun and Ji Wangchen watched Xie Zhuzhou's plan unfold, and Ji Wangyan said he did not care if the Wang family went bankrupt.
• Xie Zhuzhou kept the chess game deadlocked while the participants grew exhausted and Wang Anning faced their resentment.
• Wang Anning broke down and surrendered after Xie Zhuzhou refused to end the performance early.

At Xie Zhuzhou’s birthday gathering, a chaotic chess match left several guests injured, and he exposed and subdued a would-be assassin who turned out to be a wanted criminal. As Xie Zhuzhou went to find Chu Yanzhang, an attendant waited nearby with hallucinogenic spray.

• Wang Anning collapsed after the chess pieces fell and injured several people, while Wang Chen had already ordered her removed from the Wang Family register.
• Xie Zhuzhou lured out a man who tried to stab him, disarmed him, and slammed him unconscious.
• Xie Zhuzhou scanned the attacker’s face, discovered he was a wanted criminal, and dragged him to Yang Da.
• Ji Wangyun and Ji Wangchen wondered about Xie Zhuzhou’s strength as he went to find Chu Yanzhang in the sky garden.
• An attendant in a white shirt and red bow tie waited in a secluded third-floor corner with hallucinogenic spray.

Chu Yanzhang secretly knocked out a disguised waiter who planned to ambush Xie Zhuzhou, then joined Xie in the sky garden, where he revealed he had bought the castle. Meanwhile, people in the banquet hall traded stories about Xie Zhuzhou’s brutal treatment of the troublemakers and began quietly admiring him.

• After Wu Chang warned Chu Yanzhang about an ambusher, Chu followed his directions and knocked the disguised waiter unconscious before Xie Zhuzhou arrived.
• Xie Zhuzhou found the pink spray bottle and the injured man, warned Chu Yanzhang to be careful, and called Yang Da to handle the situation.
• Chu Yanzhang asked whether Xie Zhuzhou was hurt, and Xie said the man who had tried to attack him was weak and had fallen after one shove.
• Xie Zhuzhou took Chu Yanzhang to the sky garden, and Chu told him he had bought the castle so Xie could visit or stay whenever he wanted.
• Guests in the banquet hall recounted Xie Zhuzhou’s harsh treatment of the troublemakers, while some onlookers secretly praised him and An Xinian and the others remained stunned.

An Xinian and Qin Fang reevaluated their impressions of Xie Zhuzhou after witnessing his strength, while Ling Zhenyang grew jealous of Chu Yanzhang. At the birthday banquet, Xie Zhuzhou arrived with Chu Yanzhang and was asked by Ji Wuwei to meet people.

• An Xinian and Qin Fang were shaken by Xie Zhuzhou's apparent strength, and Qin Fang regretted having threatened him before.
• Ling Zhenyang envied Chu Yanzhang and decided to deal with the blind man rather than openly compete with Xie Zhuzhou.
• Qin Fang asked Ji Wangyun where Xie Zhuzhou had gone, and Ji Wangyun teased him into challenging his younger brother again.
• Qin Fang recognized Ji Wangyan's contemptuous look and realized the Qin Family was far beneath the Ji Family in power.
• At eight thirty, Xie Zhuzhou came downstairs with Chu Yanzhang as the birthday banquet began.
• Ji Wuwei asked Xie Zhuzhou to meet some people, and Ji Wangchen silently gave him permission to go.

At Xie Zhuzhou’s birthday banquet, Ji Wuwei tried to arrange a match for him while Xie Zhuzhou stayed focused on Chu Yanzhang. When Xie Zhuzhou ordered two women thrown out for insulting Chu Yanzhang, Chang Li challenged his decision.

• Xie Zhuzhou left Chu Yanzhang with Ji Wangchen, who introduced him to President Lin and President Mo; President Lin grew nervous when he recognized Chu Yanzhang.
• Ji Wuwei brought Xie Zhuzhou to a group of potential matches, including An Xinian, Ling Zhenyang, Qin Fang, Zhao Wen, Lin Shu, and Li Yankai.
• Ji Wuwei’s plan to drug Xie Zhuzhou and pair him with Li Zhimin failed, and Li Zhimin later approached Xie Zhuzhou at the banquet.
• Qin Fang confronted Li Zhimin, while Li Yankai joked to Xie Zhuzhou that the gathering looked like a consort selection.
• Xie Zhuzhou spotted Chu Wenwen berating Chu Yanzhang and ordered the waiters to throw her and the woman who had brought her in out.
• Chang Li criticized Xie Zhuzhou for throwing the women out without first hearing their side.

Xie Zhuzhou continued throwing people out of the Ji Family banquet, while Chu Yanzhang’s AI cane attacked Li Zhimin. The crowd looked to Ji Wuqiu to discipline his son, but Ji Wuqiu chose to ignore the commotion.

• Xie Zhuzhou ordered Chang Li of Heguang Technology thrown out after asking who he was, and the waiters dragged him away.
• Xie Zhuzhou threatened Li Zhimin after Li Zhimin tried to lecture him about respecting his elders.
• Chu Yanzhang’s AI cane struck Li Zhimin twice, leaving him injured on the floor.
• Chu Yanzhang asked Xie Zhuzhou to throw Li Zhimin out, and the returning waiters carried him away.
• An Xinian called Chu Yanzhang a green tea, Ling Zhenyang agreed, and Qin Fang asked what green tea meant.
• The banquet guests looked to Ji Wuqiu to rein in Xie Zhuzhou, but Ji Wuqiu turned a blind eye.

Ji Wuqiu proudly defended Xie Zhuzhou’s behavior while Xie Zhuzhou led Chu Yanzhang somewhere quiet after the disturbance. Elsewhere, Qin Fang’s offer of fifty million to Li Yankai sparked a fight with Lin Shu, who attacked him with her diamond-set handbag.

• Ji Wuqiu dismissed his friends’ concerns and insisted that his youngest son had been well-behaved.
• Xie Zhuzhou took Chu Yanzhang somewhere peaceful and learned that Chu Wenwen had approached him because Zhang Yin was there.
• Chu Yanzhang decided he would no longer let the Chu Family retain any hope of recovery.
• Qin Fang offered Li Yankai fifty million to leave Xie Zhuzhou, and Li Yankai regretted not accepting the offer before understanding it.
• Lin Shu confronted Qin Fang for trying to put a price on Li Yankai and repeatedly struck him with her handbag.

Xie Zhuzhou enjoyed dinner with Chu Yanzhang before Ji Wangyun arrived with his friends, who gave the pair New Year gifts and received mysterious return gifts. Meanwhile, Ji Wuwei abandoned his failed schemes to drug Xie Zhuzhou and decided to have him killed to hurt his eldest brother.

• Xie Zhuzhou took Chu Yanzhang somewhere secluded for dinner and reflected on how easily he had dealt with the troublemakers that day.
• Ji Wangyun swung down from upstairs to find Xie Zhuzhou, then introduced him to his friends Mo Liang and Fu Liefeng.
• Mo Liang gave Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang red-envelope cards, while Fu Liefeng gave them arcade membership cards.
• Xie Zhuzhou handed Mo Liang and Fu Liefeng blue-green steel balls as return gifts and told them to shake them three times before opening them under the covers.
• Ji Wuwei gave up on drugging Xie Zhuzhou after his schemes failed and decided to kill him to make his eldest brother suffer.

At Xie Zhuzhou’s banquet, a flood drenched the guests and the people he had earlier used as chess pieces, leaving Ji Wuwei responsible for the chaos. Xie Zhuzhou confronted his uncle while privately enjoying the new leverage the mishap gave him.

• Xie Zhuzhou worried that Chu Yanzhang might be endangered by staying near him, but Chu Yanzhang reassured him and encouraged him to live as he pleased.
• Xie Zhuzhou noticed water rushing down both staircases and saw the people he had used as chess pieces descend, soaked from head to toe.
• Xie Zhuzhou asked Chu Yanzhang whether he could hear the commotion, and Chu Yanzhang told him not to go easy on the people involved.
• The guests watched as Ji Wuwei hurried to the flooded area and realized he would have to answer for the damage.
• Xie Zhuzhou confronted Ji Wuwei and asked whether the banquet disaster was the result of his uncle’s efforts or his grandfather’s wishes.

After Xie Zhuzhou confronted Ji Wuwei at the birthday banquet, the guests left convinced that he was even more intimidating than the rumors claimed. On the way home, Xie Zhuzhou gave Ji Wangyun two green beads, then returned to find a mountain of gifts and a subsidiary transferred to him by his father.

• Ji Wuwei promised Xie Zhuzhou a satisfactory explanation and directed the guests to continue the celebration, while Xie Zhuzhou stopped pressing him in front of outsiders.
• Zhang Yin watched the banquet drama and reflected on how Xie Zhuzhou had outmaneuvered the wealthy guests, while Qin Fang arrived and saw Xie Zhuzhou standing over Ji Wuwei with authority.
• The banquet ended near midnight, and most guests went home convinced Xie Zhuzhou was scarier than the rumors suggested.
• In the car, Ji Wangyun complained that Xie Zhuzhou had not given him any beads, so Xie Zhuzhou handed him two green beads and asked whether he knew how to use them.
• At home, Xie Zhuzhou told the butler to take his family’s and Chu Yanzhang’s gifts to his room and list the rest, then discovered his father had given him a subsidiary and decided to have Xiao Nan find a professional to manage it.

Xie Zhuzhou thanked his family for their gifts, joked with his brothers, and reassured Ji Wuqiu that he would pass his exams. After heading back to school with fewer guards, he walked along a secluded path, unaware that a boy on a skateboard was following him with a razor blade.

• Xie Zhuzhou showed off Chu Yanzhang's extravagant gifts, while Chu Yanzhang drifted off during an overseas conference.
• Mo Liang, Ji Wangyun, and Fu Liefeng discovered that Xie Zhuzhou's bead released a foul-smelling gas, and Ji Wangyun confronted him the next day.
• Ji Wuqiu told Xie Zhuzhou that Ji Wuwei had been summoned by the police and said he could decide how to handle him later.
• Xie Zhuzhou thanked his father and brothers for their gifts, then promised Ji Wangchen he would pass his finals.
• Xie Zhuzhou reminded his family about their Monday meeting and returned to school after reducing his security detail.
• A boy followed Xie Zhuzhou down a secluded path on a skateboard, holding a razor blade.

Xie Zhuzhou foiled a skateboard attack, then faced a campus mob of angry Love 5 fans after the show’s premiere. He escaped with Li Yankai, bringing them to a tall perimeter wall as the crowd pursued.

• Xie Zhuzhou stopped a skateboarder from attacking him by jamming the board’s wheels with a snowball, and his bodyguards took the unconscious attacker to the police station.
• Li Yankai gave Xie Zhuzhou a fountain pen and told him Qin Fang had offered him fifty million to leave Xie Zhuzhou.
• After class, Xie Zhuzhou and Li Yankai found a crowd of anti-fans waiting outside because of Xie Zhuzhou’s conduct on Love 5.
• Xie Zhuzhou traded insults with the anti-fans, then grabbed Li Yankai and ran when they got close.
• Xie Zhuzhou helped Li Yankai escape through a ground-floor window and led him to a tall perimeter wall while the mob chased them.

Xie Zhuzhou escaped the people searching for him with Li Yankai, who learned his roommate was a martial arts expert and promised to keep his secret. Later, Xie Zhuzhou visited Chu Yanzhang's secret base to learn about his robots, then received a tablet to review online activity.

• Xie Zhuzhou grabbed Li Yankai and leaped over the school wall to escape the people causing trouble.
• Li Yankai slipped into a snowdrift, and Xie Zhuzhou accidentally punched a hole in the wall while trying to stop himself.
• Xie Zhuzhou told Li Yankai to keep his martial arts secret, and Li Yankai agreed before asking to learn a move.
• Li Yankai joked to Father Li about sex reassignment surgery, prompting Mother Li to chase him with a feather duster.
• Xie Zhuzhou drove to Chu Yanzhang's secret base after shaking off a car following him.
• Xie Zhuzhou asked Chu Yanzhang how to use the robots, and Yang Da handed him a tablet to check online activity as he left.

Xie Zhuzhou learned that Ji Wuwei had been released for lack of direct evidence, then waited for him to visit. At home, Xie Zhuzhou, Ji Wuqiu, and their household left Ji Wuwei simmering with anger, until Ji Wangyun arrived and called him a mangy snake.

• Xie Zhuzhou asked whether Ji Wuwei had been released, and Yang Da confirmed that investigators had found no direct evidence tying him to the banquet attack.
• Three days later, Ji Wuwei visited the house and sat tensely with Ji Wuqiu while Xie Zhuzhou and Ji Wangyan were present.
• Xie Zhuzhou mocked Ji Wuwei for being disliked by people and dogs, while Aolai and Zhuangzhuang also provoked him.
• Ji Wuwei accused Ji Wuqiu of humiliating him, but Ji Wuqiu calmly told him he thought far too highly of himself.
• Ji Wangyun came downstairs in dinosaur pajamas, embraced Aolai, and asked whether the mangy snake had arrived.

Ji Wuwei offered Xie Zhuzhou a cruise ship and thirty million as compensation, while secretly planning to harm him aboard the ship. Zhuangzhuang and Ji Wangyan attacked Ji Wuwei, who was taken away by ambulance as the incident became gossip among the wealthy.

• Xie Zhuzhou demanded a sincere apology from Ji Wuwei, who accepted partial responsibility for the castle villa accident and offered him a cruise ship and thirty million.
• Xie Zhuzhou accepted the compensation, and Ji Wuwei apologized to him and Ji Wuqiu before preparing to leave.
• As Ji Wuwei turned to go, Zhuangzhuang charged into him and sent him flying, then announced that it had detected a dangerous organism.
• Ji Wangyun joked that Ji Wuwei was mopping the floor, and Ji Wangyan stepped on Ji Wuwei's lower leg, breaking it.
• Ji Wuwei passed out and was taken away by ambulance, while the wealthy community spread word of the incident.

Xie Zhuzhou baited Yuan Dede in a wealthy families' group chat before falling asleep at home, while Chu Yu learned that his family's company was collapsing and had to surrender his properties. Ji Wuqiu concluded that Chu Yanzhang was behind the Chu Family's downfall and recognized him as a formidable ally.

• Xie Zhuzhou challenged the group members who wanted to put him in his place, then privately mocked Yuan Dede until Yuan deleted him.
• Xie Zhuzhou fell asleep at his desk as the maids quietly covered him with a blanket and pillow.
• Father Chu visited Chu Yu in prison and persuaded him to transfer his properties to help the Chu Family survive its financial crisis.
• Father Chu suspected Chu Yanzhang had exposed the Chu Group's hidden problems and pushed the family toward collapse.
• Ji Wuqiu heard about the Chu Family's troubles and decided Chu Yanzhang was a wolf cub who could remove a threat to the Ji Family.

Xie Zhuzhou dealt with people blocking his way at school and planned to take the cruise ship Youngest Uncle gave him during the holidays. His family trusted him to handle the trip carefully, despite suspecting his intentions.

• Ji Wuqiu told Xie Zhuzhou that the Chu Family had collapsed, and Xie Zhuzhou wondered whether Chu Yanzhang was responsible.
• Li Yankai realized Xie Zhuzhou had tricked him with his earlier story about castration.
• Xie Zhuzhou frightened away the people waiting to confront him by listing symptoms of chronic knee pain and deflected a snowball with his umbrella.
• Xiao Nan met Xie Zhuzhou outside school and asked whether he wanted to visit Mr. Chu, but Xie Zhuzhou chose to go home and study for finals.
• Xie Zhuzhou told his family he wanted to enjoy Youngest Uncle's cruise ship during the holidays and planned to invite him along.

Chu Yanzhang prepared to see Xie Zhuzhou after his eyesight recovered, while Xie Zhuzhou struggled through studying and final exams. After the exams, Chu picked him up, and they began discussing what to do together.

• Chu Yanzhang asked Wu Chang for advice on activities to enjoy with a friend and decided to wait until Xie Zhuzhou finished his exams before inviting him out.
• Xie Zhuzhou studied late, soaked his feet while reading, and told the maids to prepare unsweetened coffee next time.
• Xie Zhuzhou finished his final exam without knowing how well he had done, while Li Yankai assumed he would come last.
• Xie Zhuzhou left campus followed by his persistent haters and got into Chu Yanzhang's car.
• Chu Yanzhang recognized Xie Zhuzhou and asked whether the people outside were his fans, then asked what he wanted to do after the exams.

Chu Yanzhang and Xie Zhuzhou went to an amusement park with Ji Wangyun, Ji Wangyan, and Li Yankai, where they tried to keep up their brave appearances in the haunted house. They made it through two stages by distracting themselves, with more of the haunted house still ahead.

• Chu Yanzhang listed possible activities, and Xie Zhuzhou agreed to try them all, despite privately hoping the haunted house would be closed.
• Xie Zhuzhou invited Ji Wangyun, Ji Wangyan, and Li Yankai to join them at the amusement park.
• The group chose indoor attractions and entered the haunted house, where Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang both tried to hide their fear.
• Ji Wangyun and Li Yankai disrupted the first stage by dragging out the little ghost and dismantling its home.
• Xie Zhuzhou distracted himself with philosophical questions and Chu Yanzhang recited foreign-language vocabulary as they passed the second stage.