Recaps

Jiang Jinran discovered that Shi Hui had lip-synced to a recording of Jiang Jinran’s voice, then disrupted the play’s ending by speaking and singing live. Her performance left the audience questioning who had really sung, while the people onstage panicked.

• Jiang Jinran noticed Jiang Chuji watching her during Shi Hui’s performance and wondered why he seemed friendly toward her.
• Shi Hui lip-synced to Jiang Jinran’s voice during the play’s key singing scene, winning the audience’s applause.
• As the play neared its end, Jiang Jinran added the line, “It’s so good to be alive,” despite her tree character having no lines.
• Jiang Jinran sang Shi Hui’s song without accompaniment, prompting the audience to realize their voices sounded identical and debate who was lip-syncing.
• Shi Hui and the others onstage panicked because Jiang Jinran’s unscripted performance threatened to expose their arrangement.

At the Hope Cup finals, Jiang Jinran and Shi Hui both claimed to have sung the same passage, turning the performance into a live controversy. Jiang Jinran proposed an a cappella test, and Shi Hui faltered after singing only one line.

• After the play ended, Jiang Chuji asked who had sung the passage, and Shi Hui claimed she had.
• Jiang Jinran also claimed she had sung it, prompting an uproar among the audience and online viewers.
• Shi Hui offered rehearsal videos and other evidence, while Jiang Jinran proposed that they sing a cappella so everyone could judge.
• Jiang Chuji agreed that Shi Hui should sing first, but she stopped after only the first line.

After Jiang Jinran’s performance humiliates Shi Hui, Shi Hui scratches her face and the others blame her for the group’s failure. Jiang Chuji’s manager takes her to meet him, where Jiang Chuji admits he wanted to watch her make a fool of herself, and she asks if something is wrong with his brain.

• Shi Hui tried to slap Jiang Jinran backstage, scratched her cheek, and Jiang Jinran fell after stumbling over a prop.
• The group accused Jiang Jinran of ruining their chances and selfishly seeking attention, but He Yan arrived and asked to take her with him.
• He Yan led Jiang Jinran to Jiang Chuji’s VIP lounge, where Jiang Chuji dismissed his manager and invited her inside.
• Jiang Chuji asked about Jiang Jinran’s injury and admitted he had wanted to watch her get angry and embarrass herself.
• Jiang Jinran pointed at her head and asked Jiang Chuji if something was wrong with his brain.

Jiang Jinran left Jiang Chuji’s lounge with ointment and a handkerchief, then returned backstage during the finals intermission. Shi Hui accused her of stealing the handkerchief, and the chapter ended with Shi Hui proposing that they call the police.

• Jiang Chuji gave Jiang Jinran ointment for her facial injuries and a handkerchief before she left his lounge.
• Jiang Jinran applied the ointment in the women’s restroom and found that it soothed her skin and concealed the marks.
• Backstage, Shi Hui announced that her expensive handkerchief was missing, and a classmate searched Jiang Jinran’s belongings.
• Shi Hui took the handkerchief Jiang Chuji had given Jiang Jinran and claimed it was hers, while the others accused Jiang Jinran of theft.
• Jiang Jinran insisted the handkerchief belonged to her and accused Shi Hui of robbery if she refused to return it.
• Shi Hui waved her phone and challenged Jiang Jinran to call the police.

Shi Hui accused Jiang Jinran of stealing her luxury handkerchief and called the police, but an engraved surname revealed the handkerchief belonged to Jiang Jinran. The police found Shi Hui’s missing handkerchief under a sofa, and Jiang Jinran exposed it as a high-quality counterfeit, leaving Shi Hui’s wealthy image in ruins.

• Shi Hui called the police after accusing Jiang Jinran of stealing her handkerchief, while Jiang Jinran calmly agreed to wait for them.
• Shi Hui told the officers that she had found her handkerchief in Jiang Jinran’s pocket, and Jiang Jinran said the handkerchief was hers.
• Jiang Jinran explained that SIU offered surname engraving, and an officer found the character “Jiang” on the handkerchief.
• The police checked surveillance and found Shi Hui’s missing handkerchief under a sofa.
• Jiang Jinran pointed out that Shi Hui’s recovered handkerchief lacked the engraving and had a different logo, exposing it as a high-quality counterfeit.

After the police cleared Jiang Jinran of stealing, Imperial Star received no group or individual awards until Jiang Chuji announced Jiang Jinran as the Best Style Award winner. Onstage with her trophy, Jiang Jinran noticed the master lighting switch and resisted the mysterious person’s instruction to press it.

• Shi Hui angrily told Jiang Jinran to shut up after Jiang Jinran suggested Shi Hui had deliberately lost her fake handkerchief to claim the real one.
• Weibo users discussed the police closing the case and learned that Jiang Jinran had been cleared of stealing while the actress playing the female lead had falsely accused her.
• Jiang Chuji announced the Hope Cup group and acting awards, and Imperial Star won none.
• Jiang Chuji named Jiang Jinran from Imperial Star Academy as the Best Style Award winner, making her the school's only award recipient.
• Jiang Jinran accepted the trophy and noticed the master lighting switch, but her intuition warned her not to follow the mysterious person's instruction to press it.

Jiang Jinran accidentally triggered the venue’s lights to go out during the Hope Cup, and Professor Li vanished in the darkness. She suspected the mysterious person had taken him and went home still looking for news about the disappearance.

• Shi Hui shoved Jiang Jinran during the group photo, causing her to fall onto the metal switch and plunge the venue into darkness.
• When the lights returned, Professor Li had disappeared from the judges’ table, and the Hope Cup was abruptly ended.
• Jiang Jinran left the bus at an intersection to keep her home address private, ignoring her classmates’ taunts.
• Jiang Jinran checked Weibo and found no useful information about the blackout or Professor Li’s disappearance.
• Jiang Jinran arrived at the villa, found Jiang Yuehan absent, and heard her phone ring as she went to get water.

Jiang Jinran followed the online revelations about Professor Li’s disappearance and realized Jin Mai had hired Divine Sound to abduct him and expose his abuse of female students. The chapter left Jiang Jinran certain that Divine Sound was the organization behind the Central Theater incident.

• Jiang Jinran reassured Jiang Yuehan that she was safe, but did not tell him that Jiang Chuji had been with her at the Central Theater.
• Jin Mai accused Professor Li on Weibo of withholding her project earnings, exploiting her labor, and sexually harassing her.
• Jin Mai revealed that Professor Li had abused other female students and threatened their graduation prospects to silence them.
• Jin Mai said she had hired a mysterious organization to abduct Professor Li and force him to recognize his crimes and apologize publicly.
• Other students supported Jin Mai online, and Jiang Jinran concluded that the organization she had hired was Divine Sound.

Jiang Jinran helped Divine Sound expose Professor Li, who posted a coerced apology video and faced public condemnation. She then reunited with her mother, Jiang Yuyan, whose thoughts she could apparently hear, and realized her supposed father was a corrupt live-in son-in-law with an illegitimate daughter.

• Jiang Jinran pieced together how Divine Sound had used her to help abduct Professor Li and wondered why they had trusted her with their plan.
• Professor Li appeared in a video apologizing to his students and admitting his crimes, while online users demanded he face legal punishment.
• Jiang Jinran woke and found Jiang Yuyan outside her room, then greeted her mother warmly for the first time.
• Jiang Yuyan heard Jiang Jinran's unspoken thoughts praising her beauty and realized she could hear her daughter's inner voice.
• Jiang Yuyan mentioned that Jiang Jinran's father was abroad, and Jiang Jinran thought that he was a scumbag with an illegitimate daughter.

After hearing Jiang Jinran’s thoughts about her husband’s possible affair, Jiang Yuyan decided to travel overseas and verify the truth for herself. Meanwhile, Jiang Jinran returned to Legend and played ranked matches, hoping to encounter Fatal but failing to find him.

• Jiang Yuyan heard Jiang Jinran think that her father was overseas with his former lover and illegitimate daughter, and she was shaken.
• Jiang Yuyan told Yu Lian she needed to go overseas again to verify something.
• Jiang Jinran reflected on the original owner’s past and her father’s hidden threat before logging into Legend as Sha Yu.
• Jiang Jinran played several ranked matches while players argued over her skills, but she did not encounter Fatal.
• Jiang Jinran saw that Fatal was online and wanted to fight him again to win their bet.

Jiang Jinran matched against Jiang Qiche again in ranked, determined to win their bet and make him grant her request. Their mid-lane duel ended in a one-for-one trade, leaving the match unresolved.

• Jiang Jinran encountered Fatal in ranked, and players flooded the forum and spectator stream to follow their rematch.
• Jiang Jinran reminded Fatal of their bet, and he confirmed it just before the match began.
• Jiang Jinran asked her teammates to follow her calls and protect her if she was targeted.
• Jiang Qiche fought Jiang Jinran in mid lane, and she dodged his opening barrage before they traded attacks.
• With both players at critical health, Jiang Jinran pulled Jiang Qiche under her turret with a crowd-control skill, and they killed each other.

Jiang Jinran outmaneuvered Jiang Qiche with coordinated ambushes, then survived his dramatic comeback and led her team to victory. The match ended with the livestream chat discussing the bet Jiang Qiche had made.

• Jiang Jinran called in her jungler to kill Jiang Qiche in mid, then teamed up with her jungler and top laner to kill him again.
• Jiang Jinran's team built an 8,000-gold lead by repeatedly targeting Jiang Qiche, but he scored a double kill and improved his position.
• Jiang Qiche ambushed Jiang Jinran's team at the dragon pit and wiped out four teammates, forcing Jiang Jinran to retreat and defend the base alone.
• Jiang Jinran held off the five opponents long enough for her teammates to respawn, then led them into an ambush that caught three enemies in mid.
• Jiang Jinran and her teammates killed Jiang Qiche and his last teammate, destroyed the crystal, and won the match.

Jiang Jinran beat Fatal in a game, reached King, and used their bet to make Jiang Qiche agree to have dinner with his family. The next morning, she shared a warm breakfast with Jiang Yuyan before heading to the mist-shrouded arts building at school.

• After Jiang Jinran reached King, she messaged Fatal and asked him to honor their bet by having dinner with his family over the weekend.
• Jiang Qiche objected to her request, but Jiang Jinran persuaded him by invoking their bet and claiming she needed him for a study, and he finally agreed.
• News of Sha Yu defeating Fatal spread across trending searches, and players debated the match and praised both competitors.
• On Monday morning, Jiang Yuyan cooked breakfast for Jiang Jinran before leaving for an overseas trip the next day.
• After breakfast, Jiang Jinran went to the arts building instead of her classroom.

Jiang Jinran met the mysterious boy hiding in the arts building and learned that he belonged to Divine Sound and had been assigned to protect her. She left with a clearer picture of her connection to the organization, but still had no answers about the original owner’s past.

• Jiang Jinran went to the arts building stairwell and called for the mysterious person to come out.
• A pale teenage boy appeared and told Jiang Jinran that her Hope Cup task had gone smoothly, though he had not counted on her succeeding.
• The boy explained that Divine Sound had sent him to protect Jiang Jinran and that he was hiding in the arts building to keep his appearance secret.
• Jiang Jinran inferred that she and the boy were both members of Divine Sound and that he had likely acted in the shadows at the Central Theater.
• The boy said the events of the previous day were roughly as reported in the news, and Jiang Jinran left the building still wondering why the original owner had joined Divine Sound.

Jiang Jinran arranged a weekend dinner with Jiang Yuehan, and Jiang Qiche unexpectedly returned home for the meal. The brothers’ tense reunion softened after Jiang Qiche teased Jiang Jinran with bitter vegetables, while she prepared a surprise for dinner.

• Jiang Yuyan flew abroad again shortly after returning home, leaving Jiang Jinran with little time to speak with her.
• Jiang Jinran asked Jiang Yuehan to stay home for a weekend dinner so she could bring the family together.
• Jiang Qiche arrived home as promised, and Jiang Jinran welcomed him while Jiang Yuehan reacted with surprise.
• Jiang Qiche said he had returned only to eat, and the brothers sat through an awkward, mostly silent dinner.
• Jiang Qiche gave Jiang Jinran bitter vegetables, and her reaction amused him and eased the tense atmosphere; Jiang Jinran then looked toward the dining room entrance, ready to serve her surprise.

Jiang Jinran arranged an early birthday celebration for Jiang Yuehan and Jiang Qiche, bringing the brothers together at home. After Jiang Qiche returned to school, Jiang Yuehan paid Jiang Jinran the promised five million for helping bring him home.

• Jiang Jinran surprised Jiang Yuehan and Jiang Qiche with birthday cakes and sang for them as they made wishes and blew out the candles.
• Jiang Yuehan thanked Jiang Jinran and wished for the Jiang family to grow closer.
• Jiang Qiche left the Jiang family home after dinner and returned to school, while Jiang Yuehan accepted that rebuilding their relationship would take time.
• Jiang Jinran reminded Jiang Yuehan that he owed her five million for getting Jiang Qiche to come home, and he agreed to pay.
• Jiang Jinran returned to her room and received a five-million transfer from Jiang Yuehan.

Jiang Yuyan secretly returned to the castle estate and discovered through its surveillance cameras that Han Yi was living there with Bai Ling and their daughter, Xiaoxue. Heartbroken by his betrayal, she watched Xiaoxue ask when they could stop hiding in the castle.

• Jiang Yuyan returned from abroad without telling Han Yi and went to the castle estate to find out what he was doing.
• Jiang Yuyan entered the surveillance room and saw Han Yi relaxing on the terrace.
• Bai Ling joined Han Yi, and he promised to give her proper status once the time was right.
• Jiang Yuyan watched Han Yi and Bai Ling embrace and realized his love for her had been false.
• Xiaoxue arrived and called Han Yi and Bai Ling her parents, confirming that they had a daughter.
• Xiaoxue asked Han Yi when they would no longer have to hide in the castle.

After discovering Han Yi’s betrayal, Jiang Yuyan decided to divorce him only after securing the Jiang Family’s assets. Before returning home, she sold Rose Manor, leaving Han Yi to learn that he and Bai Ling and Bai Xue had to move out.

• Jiang Yuyan deleted the castle’s surveillance footage, left, and decided to plan her divorce from Han Yi without alerting him.
• Jiang Yuyan bought a flight home but chose to take care of something before leaving.
• Han Yi watched Bai Ling and Bai Xue practice piano at Rose Manor and reflected on his plan to control the Jiang Family.
• A buyer called Han Yi and told him that Jiang Yuyan had sold Rose Manor and expected him to move out that day.
• Han Yi, stunned and furious, called Jiang Yuyan, who answered and asked what he wanted.

Jiang Yuyan sold Rose Manor, forcing Han Yi to move out with his girlfriend and illegitimate daughter. At a café, Jiang Jinran and Ji Shuying refused to leave when men in black cleared the place for Lu Wanning, who ordered them thrown out.

• Jiang Yuyan told Han Yi she had sold Rose Manor because he disliked it, and said he could move to an upscale apartment downtown.
• Han Yi swallowed his anger and asked after Jiang Yuyan and the children before she ended the call from the airport.
• Jiang Jinran and Ji Shuying studied together, then went to an expensive café, where Jiang Jinran treated them with her saved pocket money.
• Men in black cleared the café for Lu Wanning, but Jiang Jinran stayed to finish her coffee and Ji Shuying stayed with her.
• Lu Wanning entered, saw the two girls still there, and ordered her men to dump out their coffee and throw them out.

Jiang Jinran tried to get even with Lu Wanning by sneaking into the café to photograph her with a handsome man, but got trapped in the ladies' room and overheard Lu Wanning discussing someone who kept avoiding her. The chapter ended with Jiang Jinran listening as Lu Wanning spoke to her brother, Lu Yunxiao.

• Lu Wanning's men in black forced Jiang Jinran and Ji Shuying out of the café after Jiang Jinran challenged their behavior.
• Jiang Jinran recognized Lu Wanning and sent Ji Shuying home, then stayed behind to investigate her meeting with a handsome man.
• Jiang Jinran saw Lu Wanning affectionately feeding the man and prepared to photograph them, but Lu Wanning looked toward her hiding place.
• Jiang Jinran tried to escape through the side door, found it locked, and hid in a restroom stall as Lu Wanning entered the neighboring one.
• Jiang Jinran overheard Lu Wanning call her brother Lu Yunxiao and complain that someone had repeatedly put off seeing her.

Jiang Jinran overheard Lu Wanning plotting to drug Jiang Yuehan at the Vienna Hotel and rushed there to warn him, but she could not reach him or find his room. At the hotel, she unexpectedly encountered the novel’s male lead, Lu Tingshen.

• Jiang Jinran overheard Lu Wanning arrange with her brother to drug Jiang Yuehan at the Vienna Hotel that night.
• Jiang Jinran tried several times to warn Jiang Yuehan, but he did not answer his phone and was not at home.
• Jiang Jinran decided to go to the Vienna Hotel and asked the driver to wait outside while she searched alone.
• Jiang Jinran discovered she did not know Jiang Yuehan’s room number and found that his phone had been switched off.
• Jiang Jinran saw Lu Tingshen in the hotel corridor as he spoke with his mother, who worked there as a cleaner.

Jiang Jinran found Lu Tingshen and his mother, Lu Ying, at the Vienna Hotel and learned that Jiang Yuehan was on the twentieth floor. After following Jiang Yuehan and Lu Yunxiao to a private room, she hid when Lu Wanning arrived.

• Jiang Jinran greeted Lu Tingshen and Lu Ying, who was relieved that his classmate seemed friendly.
• Jiang Jinran asked Lu Ying to help find her brother and described Jiang Yuehan as a driver for a tall, handsome rich man.
• Lu Ying recalled seeing Jiang Yuehan and several other suited men on the twentieth floor, and Jiang Jinran hurried upstairs.
• Jiang Jinran spotted Jiang Yuehan walking with Lu Yunxiao, followed them to private room 2013, and debated whether to warn him.
• Jiang Jinran heard heels approaching, hid behind a pillar, and saw Lu Wanning arrive.

Jiang Jinran disguised herself and entered Jiang Yuehan’s private room, where she pretended to be a worried, clingy younger sister to explain her sudden arrival. When Lu Wanning tried to toast Jiang Yuehan, Jiang Jinran intervened possessively, leaving Lu Wanning visibly unsettled.

• Jiang Jinran put on a face mask and returned to private room 2013, where security guards grabbed her after she entered.
• Jiang Jinran called out to Jiang Yuehan, and he ordered the guards to release her.
• Jiang Jinran sat beside Jiang Yuehan, hugged his arm, and claimed she had been worried because he had not answered her calls.
• Jiang Yuehan discovered his phone had been silenced and comforted Jiang Jinran, while the guests treated her gently.
• Lu Wanning offered Jiang Yuehan a toast, but Jiang Jinran grabbed his arm and declared that he was hers, making Lu Wanning’s smile stiffen.

At dinner, Jiang Yuehan rejected Lu Wanning’s advances and sided with Jiang Jinran, who openly insisted he not speak to her. When Lu Yunxiao brought out wine, Jiang Jinran suspected he had tampered with a glass and stepped in to help him pour.

• Jiang Yuehan recalled that Lu Yunxiao had secretly been winning over his subordinates, but decided to conceal that he knew and turn Lu Yunxiao’s scheme against him.
• Jiang Yuehan refused Lu Wanning’s toast and ignored her, while Lu Wanning resolved to make him drink the spiked wine later.
• When Lu Wanning tried to speak with Jiang Yuehan again, Jiang Jinran grabbed his arm and told him not to talk to her; he agreed, surprising everyone with their mutual devotion.
• Lu Yunxiao announced that he had brought an old bottle of wine and prepared new glasses, prompting Jiang Jinran to suspect that he had tampered with the glass set apart from the others.
• Jiang Jinran offered to help Lu Yunxiao pour the wine, interrupting him as he began serving everyone.

Jiang Jinran sabotaged Lu Yunxiao and Lu Wanning’s scheme by switching the spiked wineglass, causing Lu Wanning to drink it instead of Jiang Yuehan. After Lu Wanning fell in front of the guests, Jiang Jinran left the room and encountered a young man in the lobby.

• Jiang Jinran switched Jiang Yuehan’s prepared wineglass with an ordinary one while Lu Yunxiao poured the drinks.
• Lu Wanning snatched the remaining glass from Jiang Jinran and drank the tampered wine.
• Lu Wanning became flushed and disoriented, then lunged at Jiang Yuehan, who dodged and let her fall to the floor.
• Jiang Yuehan told Jiang Jinran to leave and thanked her, though he did not explain that he had heard her thoughts.
• Jiang Jinran left private room 2013 and met the gaze of a young man on the first floor.