Chapter Summaries

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.

At the Zhang Family banquet, Jin Renwei’s scandalous behavior damaged relations between the Jin and Zhang Families, while the Ji brothers revealed they had helped engineer the fallout. Zhang Yin suspected the banquet incident was a trap and urged his father to question Auntie Yao.

• Jin Renwei insulted Old Master Zhang, and Old Master Jin reproached him for jeopardizing the families’ friendship before Zhang Yin called him arrogant.
• The banquet ended badly for the Jin Family, while the Ji Family avoided blame and returned home.
• Chu Yanzhang kissed Xie Zhuzhou goodbye, then left with Wen Shuming to check on the Yu Family’s situation.
• Ji Wangchen questioned Xie Zhuzhou and Ji Wangyan about their plan; Xie Zhuzhou explained that he had anticipated Jin Renwei might drug someone and hoped the scandal would help Zhang Yin.
• At the Zhang residence, Zhang Yin told his angry father that the incident looked orchestrated and suggested releasing Auntie Yao so they could learn what happened.

After the banquet scandal, Zhang Yin helped the Zhang Family uncover what happened while keeping the Ji Family out of trouble, and Father Zhang rewarded him with shares in the Zhang Corporation. The Zhang Family cut ties with the Jin Family, leaving Jin Renwei to face Old Master Jin’s fury.

• Zhang Yin persuaded Father Zhang and Old Master Zhang to treat Jin Renwei’s actions as an insult from the Jin Family and urged them to cut off cooperation.
• Yao Feixue attacked Zhang Yin, but he restrained her and coaxed her into explaining how Jin Renwei had used her and Ji Wangyan.
• Zhang Yin checked the banquet footage, protected the Ji Family, and sent Father Zhang the evidence and documents detailing the incident.
• After learning the truth, Father Zhang gave Zhang Yin six percent of the Zhang Corporation’s shares and decided he would inherit the company.
• The Zhang Family ended its cooperation with the Jin Group, causing the Jin Family a major setback.
• Jin Renwei woke from the drug’s effects and was beaten by Old Master Jin, who blamed him for the trouble he had caused.

Jin Renwei faced his grandfather’s anger as the Jin Family suffered the fallout from his actions, while Ji Wangchen rewarded Xie Zhuzhou for helping bring them down. Chu Yanzhang and Xie Zhuzhou went on a date, and Chu Yanzhang persuaded him to come along on his upcoming trip to Sunset Island.

• Old Master Jin beat Jin Renwei and blamed him for ruining the Jin Family’s reputation and driving away its partners.
• Ji Wangchen gave Xie Zhuzhou five million as a reward, but Xie Zhuzhou kept the money after Ji Wangyan declined to take a share.
• Chu Yanzhang told Wen Shuming to give the Jin Family access to screened-out projects, suggesting they could steal the projects themselves.
• Chu Yanzhang picked up Xie Zhuzhou after work, took him to dinner and Crescent Lake, and persuaded him to join his trip to Sunset Island in two weeks.
• Two old men criticized Chu Yanzhang and Xie Zhuzhou for kissing by the lake, but the pair continued their walk together.

Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang teased two old fishermen before remembering they had forgotten to visit Ji Wangyun. When Ji Wangyun found a private phone album marked “LYK,” his brothers told him it might concern Li Yaokun, who died saving him, and he resolved to recover his memories.

• Xie Zhuzhou and Chu Yanzhang angered two old fishermen by throwing stones into their lake, then escaped by warning the men that someone might steal their belongings.
• The next day, Xie Zhuzhou remembered they had forgotten to visit Ji Wangyun, but Ji Wuqiu said he had already visited him the night before.
• Ji Wangyun studied his phone and found a private album labeled “LYK,” then asked Ji Wangchen, Ji Wangyan, and Xie Zhuzhou what kind of person he used to be.
• Ji Wangyan guessed that “LYK” might stand for Li Yaokun and explained that Li Yaokun had been Ji Wangyun’s friend and had died luring away the people hunting him.
• Ji Wangyun could not remember Li Yaokun, but he resolved to recover his memories and learn everything about him.

Xie Zhuzhou suspected that the person in Ji Wangyun’s photo album might be Li Yankai, while Chu Yanzhang took Aolai to the dog park and ran into Yuan Dede. After Yuan Dede attacked him, Chu Yanzhang broke his wrist and sent several mechanical bees after him.

• Xie Zhuzhou noticed initials that might link Li Yankai to Ji Wangyun’s photo album and wondered whether the two were more than friends.
• Ji Wangyan said he would be away on a business trip, so the family assigned Chu Yanzhang to walk Ji Wangyun’s dog, Aolai.
• Chu Yanzhang took Aolai to the dog park, where Aolai happily played with Xiaoshuai, a Great Pyrenees.
• Yuan Dede insulted Chu Yanzhang and tried to punch him, but Chu Yanzhang seized his wrist and broke it.
• Chu Yanzhang warned Yuan Dede to stay away from Xie Zhuzhou, then sent several little bees after him as he left.