Recaps

Lu Sangning rejected Zhang Yong’s public pleas, planned to expose his affair and investigate the Zhang Clan, while Lu Chi learned that classmates were gossiping about his fight with Lu Jiyang. The chapter ended as Lu Jiyang limped into Lu Chi’s classroom and approached him.

• Zhang Yong begged Lu Sangning to keep their engagement, but she rejected him and accused him of pretending to be devoted to protect the Zhang Clan.
• After Zhang Yong staged a tearful apology for reporters and pleaded with Lu Sangning in the rain, she had her bodyguard kick him away and left with Qin Yi.
• Lu Sangning ordered Qin Yi to monitor Zhang Yong, publicize evidence of his affair, and investigate the Zhang Clan’s businesses for possible crimes.
• Lu Chi learned from Guagua that Su Yunian was at the police station after suspects in the attack on her mother’s car were arrested.
• Lu Chi heard classmates repeating Lu Jiyang’s account of their fight and suspected Lu Jiyang had spread the story.
• Lu Jiyang limped into Class 2 and walked over to Lu Chi.

Lu Chi turned Lu Jiyang’s hamburger stunt against him, while Guagua revealed Lu Jiyang’s plan to use Li Bingqing to sabotage Lu Chi’s studies. At the Su family’s old residence, Su Yunian learned Zhao Min had been released and decided she and Xie Qing should fire her, while keeping her suspicions about Zhao Min’s relationship with her father to herself.

• Lu Chi smashed Lu Jiyang’s hamburger into his face and accused him of spitting on it, turning the classroom against Lu Jiyang.
• Guagua told Lu Chi that Lu Jiyang had paid Li Bingqing to make Lu Chi fall in love with her and distract him from the college entrance exams.
• Li Bingqing cleaned Lu Chi’s desk and told him she believed him, but Lu Chi decided she was not his type.
• Xie Qing told Su Yunian that Zhao Min had been released after her cousin confessed to tampering with the car.
• Su Yunian suspected Zhao Min’s cousin had taken the blame for money and told Xie Qing to fire Zhao Min when she returned.
• Su Yunian kept her suspicion that Zhao Min was her father’s mistress from Xie Qing and resolved to handle the matter carefully.

Su Yunian showed Xie Qing evidence that Su Jingang was involved with Zhao Min, and the two women decided to gather proof and protect the family assets. Meanwhile, Lu Chi was brought to a welcome-home gathering for his returning second sister, Lu Qingru, who immediately insulted him.

• Su Jingang secretly met Zhao Min, and Su Yunian's investigators photographed and filmed them.
• Su Yunian showed Xie Qing the evidence and explained that Su Jingang and Zhao Min might have conspired to harm her.
• Xie Qing recalled how Su Jingang had favored Zhao Min and her children, then agreed with Su Yunian to gather evidence and safeguard the family assets.
• Lu Chi endured his school routine, determined to wait until after the college entrance exam before enjoying himself.
• Pan Feng took Lu Chi to the Haitian Grand Hotel, where Lu Yuanqing introduced the returning Lu Qingru as his second sister.
• Lu Qingru called Lu Chi a stinking country bumpkin and complained that he had brought chaos to the Lu Family.

At Lu Qingru’s welcome-home dinner, Lu Jiyang won her sympathy with a cheap watch and acted like a wronged younger brother. Lu Chi’s thoughts revealed that Jiyang had used Lu Yunke’s money to pay Li Bingqing to frame him, leaving the family shocked.

• Lu Yuanqing stopped Lu Chi from leaving and warned Lu Qingru not to blame him for the family’s recent troubles.
• Lu Yanxin, Lu Xiaoyue, and Lu Yunke whispered that Lu Chi was cruel to Jiyang, while Lu Sangning privately appreciated Lu Chi for exposing Zhang Yong.
• The family toasted Lu Qingru’s successful concert, and Lu Jiyang gave her a watch while implying that Lu Chi had left him penniless.
• Lu Qingru praised Jiyang and promised to protect him, while Lu Chi’s thoughts revealed that the watch was a cheap fake.
• Guagua revealed that Lu Jiyang had spent the four hundred thousand Lu Yunke gave him to bribe Li Bingqing into framing Lu Chi, and Lu Yunke reacted with shock.

Lu Jiyang tried to win Lu Qingru’s favor with a cheap pink watch, then used Lu Chi’s forgotten gift to belittle him. Lu Chi exposed that Jiyang had spent the 400,000 yuan Lu Yunke gave him, and Jiyang dodged questions by pretending he had used it for school supplies and meals, leaving the family without an explanation for the money.

• Lu Jiyang gave Lu Qingru a pink watch and flattered her until she accepted it as a token of his affection and offered to take him shopping.
• Lu Jiyang asked Lu Chi what present he had prepared for Lu Qingru, and Lu Chi explained that he had not known she was coming back that day.
• Lu Jiyang suggested Lu Chi was forgetful and distant from Lu Qingru, prompting her to insult Lu Chi as a stray cat or dog.
• Lu Chi mocked the cheap watch and reminded Lu Jiyang that he had given away the 400,000 yuan from Lu Yunke, leading her to demand to know where the money went.
• Lu Jiyang claimed he had spent the money on odds and ends, school supplies, and meals for classmates, then apologized tearfully.
• Lu Qingru told Lu Yunke not to spoil her welcome-back banquet over the money, and Lu Yunke let the matter drop.

Lu Chi met Li Bingqing at a tea bar after learning that Lu Jiyang had arranged their encounter to distract him from studying. He uncovered Li Bingqing’s desperate reason for accepting Lu Jiyang’s money and enlisted her in a plan to deceive him, while Lu Jiyang celebrated the photos he believed would help ruin Lu Chi’s exam prospects.

• After the welcome banquet, Lu Chi wandered into the Pi Star tea bar while his siblings went their separate ways.
• Guagua told Lu Chi that Lu Jiyang had directed Li Bingqing to stage a chance encounter with him, and Lu Chi agreed to hear her out.
• Li Bingqing claimed she had planned to visit a bookstore with Zhao Feifei, but Lu Chi confronted her about her father’s injury and the four hundred thousand Lu Jiyang had paid her.
• Li Bingqing admitted she had no choice but to deceive Lu Chi, and he proposed a plan that she accepted.
• Chen Xianpeng secretly photographed Lu Chi and Li Bingqing and sent the pictures to Lu Jiyang, who expected to use them to distract Lu Chi from his exams and strengthen his own hold over the Lu Family companies.

Lu Chi learned from Guagua that Zhao Feifei was using Lu Jiyang to hurt Su Yunian, then spent a carefree day at an amusement park. When he returned home after dark, he encountered Zhang Yong at the residential compound entrance.

• Li Bingqing left with Zhao Feifei after confirming that she would follow Lu Chi's plan.
• Guagua told Lu Chi that Zhao Feifei had rejected Lu Jiyang only to make him pursue and then abandon Su Yunian.
• Lu Chi decided to find a chance to help Su Yunian and oppose Lu Jiyang.
• Lu Chi went to Starry Sky Entertainment City, played games and rides until dark, and ate beef noodles before heading home.
• Lu Chi ran into Zhang Yong at the entrance to the residential compound.

Lu Chi encountered Zhang Yong making a public plea for Lu Sangning to forgive him and agreed to deliver a message after extracting two million from him. He recorded Zhang Yong’s consent, then went inside and complained to property management about the disturbance.

• Lu Chi watched Zhang Yong set up a banner and shout through a megaphone outside the villa compound, asking Lu Sangning to forgive him.
• Zhang Yong recognized Lu Chi and asked him to plead his case to Lu Sangning, but Lu Chi demanded two million in exchange.
• Zhang Yong agreed to transfer the money, and Lu Chi recorded him saying the payment was voluntary and not fraud.
• Lu Chi told Zhang Yong to keep shouting while he went inside, then confronted property management about the banner and noise.

Lu Chi watched as Zhang Yong staged a public plea for Lu Sangning, only for property manager Li Bo and his employees to fight him and ruin his display. Lu Sangning made clear she had come to mock Zhang Yong, leaving him pinned on his knees before her.

• Li Bo took employees to stop Zhang Yong from causing a disturbance at the community gates, while Lu Chi followed Lu Sangning there to watch.
• Zhang Yong continued declaring his love and pleading for forgiveness, pretending not to notice Lu Sangning had arrived.
• Li Bo and his five employees fought Zhang Yong and his four employees as they tried to take his loudspeaker.
• Lu Sangning watched the brawl, then had her bodyguards pop Zhang Yong’s balloon columns and seize control of the scene.
• Zhang Yong rushed toward Lu Sangning, but her bodyguards forced him to his knees, and she said she had come to laugh at him.

Lu Sangning rejected Zhang Yong and had him beaten after exposing his motives, while Lu Jiyang used the confrontation to win her gratitude. At dinner, Lu Jiyang agreed to enter a singing competition and invited Lu Chi to compete too.

• Lu Sangning refused to forgive Zhang Yong, kicked him in the mouth, and watched as property staff threw his belongings away.
• Lu Jiyang arrived and kicked Zhang Yong, then slapped and threatened him, earning Lu Sangning's thanks.
• Lu Chi returned home and joined the Lu Family for dinner after Lu Yuanqing and Pan Feng called Lu Sangning home.
• Lu Qingru told Lu Jiyang about a singing competition and offered to sign him up; Lu Jiyang eagerly accepted.
• Lu Jiyang asked Lu Chi whether he would enter the singing competition as well.

Lu Chi agreed to enter a singing competition after Lu Jiyang tried to bait him into losing, while Lu Chi secretly planned to outshine him. At school, Guagua revealed more about Su Yunian’s family scandal, and Li Bingqing approached Lu Chi.

• Lu Jiyang urged Lu Chi to enter a singing competition, hoping to humiliate him, while Lu Chi pretended to lack confidence and agreed.
• Lu Qingru explained that Century Imperial Entertainment and Hua Central Television were hosting the competition, whose first prize was six million.
• At school, Guagua told Lu Chi that Xie Qing and Su Yunian were gathering evidence against Su Jingang and needed to protect the company’s ownership.
• Guagua revealed that Zhao Feifei was Su Jingang’s daughter but Zhao Jinxuan was Zhao Min’s child from another man, and Su Yunian resolved to tell her mother.
• Li Bingqing walked over to Lu Chi with a sweet smile.

Lu Chi and Li Bingqing pretended to grow close to mislead Lu Jiyang, who hoped Lu Chi would neglect his studies and lose his place in the Lu family. At home, Lu Qingru and Lu Jiyang ignored Lu Chi and criticized him for starting lunch without them.

• Lu Chi and Li Bingqing walked together past Lu Jiyang’s classroom and ran laps, prompting Lu Jiyang to believe his plan was working.
• Su Yunian grew cold toward Lu Chi, who dismissed her mood and returned to sleeping at his desk.
• Lu Chi asked Li Bingqing about her father, and she said he had survived but would never walk again; Zhao Feifei then caught up and invited herself to visit him.
• Lu Chi left Zhao Feifei behind and went home, where Lu Qingru warmly greeted Lu Jiyang but ignored him.
• Lu Chi began eating after Auntie Wang announced lunch, and Lu Qingru scolded him while Lu Jiyang encouraged her anger.

Lu Chi confronted Lu Qingru and Lu Jiyang over their insults and favoritism, defending the original owner’s place in the Lu family. Lu Sangning interrupted their escalating argument, leaving Lu Qingru and Lu Jiyang’s response unresolved.

• Lu Chi challenged Lu Qingru and Lu Jiyang after they criticized him for eating alone, then slapped Lu Jiyang when Lu Qingru threatened him.
• Lu Qingru tried to strike Lu Chi, but he caught her wrist and accused her of siding with Lu Jiyang, while Guagua urged him to calm down.
• Lu Chi told Lu Qingru that he had been stolen from his birth family and condemned her for repeatedly humiliating him and supporting Lu Jiyang.
• Lu Jiyang denied wanting the Lu family’s fortune and pretended to run away, while Lu Chi urged him to leave and Lu Qingru threatened to make Lu Chi leave too.
• Lu Sangning arrived and demanded to know why everyone was shouting instead of going to afternoon classes.

Lu Sangning defended Lu Chi and tried to understand his warning about Lu Qingru, who left to meet Li Tian despite the danger. Meanwhile, Su Yunian told Xie Qing that Zhao Jinxuan was not Su Jingang’s biological son, and they planned to obtain hair for paternity tests.

• Lu Sangning stopped Lu Jiyang and Lu Qingru from blaming Lu Chi, then explained that she was grateful to him for exposing Zhang Yong and urged Lu Qingru to reconsider her prejudice.
• Lu Sangning tried to get Lu Qingru to recall Lu Chi’s inner warning, but Lu Qingru did not understand, and she left to meet Li Tian’s mysterious guest.
• Lu Sangning worried that Lu Qingru would face trouble far from home and decided to spend more time with Lu Chi to hear his inner voice.
• Su Yunian told Xie Qing that Zhao Jinxuan was Zhao Min’s child from a one-night stand, not Su Jingang’s biological son.
• Xie Qing asked Su Yunian to obtain hair from Zhao Feifei and Zhao Jinxuan for paternity tests, and Su Jingang returned home.

Su Yunian and Xie Qing hid their knowledge of Su Jingang’s affair while Xie Qing persuaded him to give her a job at his company. At school, Su Yunian took the pearl bracelet Su Jingang gave her to Zhao Feifei, who was surprised to see her.

• Su Jingang returned home and gave matching pearl bracelets to Su Yunian and Xie Qing, while Su Yunian concealed her hatred of him.
• Xie Qing told Su Jingang she wanted to work at his company, insisted after he tried to dissuade her, and got him to agree to arrange a position.
• Lu Chi left home for school, encountered Lu Sangning, and later passed Su Yunian, who deliberately bumped his shoulder.
• Su Yunian went to Class 5 carrying her bracelet and asked a student to call Zhao Feifei over.
• Zhao Feifei stopped admiring her love letter and reflection when she saw Su Yunian outside the window.

Su Yunian tried to reconcile with Zhao Feifei so she could obtain hair for a paternity test, but Zhao Feifei framed her for a shove. Su Yunian turned the accusation around, and Lu Chi helped her back to class, unaware that she had taken a tuft of Zhao Feifei’s hair.

• Su Yunian approached Zhao Feifei to apologize and seek a chance to meet Zhao Min, but noticed Zhao Feifei wore a bracelet identical to the one Su Jingang had given her.
• Zhao Feifei rejected Su Yunian’s apology, threatened her privately, then staged a fall and accused her of being pushed.
• Lu Chi woke after Guagua warned him that Zhao Feifei was framing Su Yunian and rushed to Class 5.
• Su Yunian claimed she had accidentally pushed Zhao Feifei after twisting her ankle, winning sympathy from the gathered students.
• Lu Chi supported Su Yunian toward Class 2, and Su Yunian withdrew her hand after hearing his thoughts about touching it.
• Su Yunian carried away a small tuft of hair she had pulled from Zhao Feifei’s head.

Su Yunian comforted her mother, Xie Qing, who was grieving over her husband’s affair, and learned that Xie Qing planned to investigate the company’s finances. At the Lu home, Lu Chi agreed to enter Saturday’s national youth music competition, though Lu Qingru refused to coach him.

• At school, Su Yunian earned full marks on a chemistry test and briefly shared her study method.
• Su Yunian found Xie Qing crying alone in a dark room and comforted her about her father’s affair.
• Xie Qing said she would return to the company and seek its financial records to prevent her husband and Zhao Min from moving family assets.
• Su Yunian told Xie Qing she had seen Zhao Feifei wearing a pearl bracelet identical to her own and explained her plan to obtain Zhao Jinxuan’s hair for a DNA test.
• At home, Lu Chi agreed to enter the music competition to gain stage experience, and Lu Qingru gave him the program while refusing to coach him.

Lu Chi faced his family’s favoritism toward Lu Jiyang and planned to protect his kind parents from the future tragedy he remembered. At Jing City Television Station for the singing competition, Lu Yuanqing proposed holding a ceremony to formally welcome Lu Chi back into the family.

• Lu Qingru mocked Lu Chi, and Pan Feng reprimanded her for mistreating her biological brother; Lu Jiyang used the quarrel to win Lu Qingru’s favor.
• Lu Chi decided he would try to prevent the deaths of Lu Yuanqing and Pan Feng, then considered which real-world hit song to perform against Lu Jiyang.
• Lu Chi and the family arrived at Jing City Television Station for the competition, where reporters focused on Lu Qingru and Lu Jiyang while Lu Chi slipped inside unnoticed.
• Lu Yuanqing told Pan Feng he wanted to hold a family recognition ceremony to give Lu Chi his rightful status and formally welcome him back.

Lu Chi and Lu Jiyang competed on The Voice of Huaxia, and both advanced, though Lu Chi concealed his full ability while performing his self-written song, “Common Jasmin Orange.” After leaving the television station with his parents, Lu Chi saw that Su Yunian had gotten into a fight.

• Pan Feng and Lu Yuanqing agreed to hold a family reunion ceremony for Lu Chi and give him another hundred million in spending money.
• Lu Jiyang drew contestant number 8, performed “If You Can Come,” and advanced to the next round.
• Lu Chi performed his self-written song “Common Jasmin Orange” and successfully advanced while hiding much of his ability.
• Lu Yuanqing and Pan Feng celebrated Lu Chi’s success, and the family left the television station after the show.
• Lu Chi saw Su Yunian fighting someone near the station entrance.

Su Yunian secretly took Zhao Jinxuan’s hair during a staged scuffle, while Lu Chi’s father learned of his grim thoughts about the Lu family’s future. After Lu Chi returned home and confronted Lu Jiyang over his advancement on The Voice of Huaxia, Guagua warned that something terrible had happened.

• Su Yunian’s bodyguards fought Zhao Feifei, Zhao Jinxuan, and their bodyguards, allowing Su Yunian to grab Zhao Jinxuan’s hair for a paternity test.
• Su Yunian greeted Lu Yuanqing and Pan Feng before leaving, and Lu Chi told his father that he did not mind his former engagement being transferred to Lu Jiyang.
• Pan Feng left to play mahjong, and Lu Yuanqing overheard Lu Chi think that all six Lu children would suffer terrible fates, prompting him to vow to protect his family.
• Lu Jiyang and his sisters learned that Lu Chi had advanced on The Voice of Huaxia, and Lu Jiyang accused him of cheating.
• Lu Chi returned to the mansion, traded insults with Lu Jiyang, and then heard Guagua warn that something terrible had happened.

Lu Chi rushed to rescue Lu Sangning after Guagua warned him she had been kidnapped, while Lu Jiyang used Lu Chi’s departure to win Lu Qingru’s sympathy. Lu Chi reached the abandoned factory where Zhang Yong was holding Lu Sangning, but found no way inside from the rear.

• Guagua told Lu Chi that Lu Sangning had been kidnapped, and Lu Chi left the house after insulting and kicking Lu Jiyang.
• Lu Jiyang hid his anger, made himself cry, and told Lu Qingru that Lu Chi had attacked him; Lu Qingru promised they would eventually kick Lu Chi out of the Lu family.
• Lu Chi called the police from the roadside, then told Xiao Li to wait far away and contact his father if he did not return within two hours.
• Guagua directed Lu Chi to an abandoned factory on Jing City's northern outskirts, where he spotted Zhang Yong's car and six bodyguards.
• Lu Chi sneaked around the factory and slid down a thorny embankment, only to discover there was no entrance at the back.

Lu Chi infiltrated the factory where Zhang Yong had abducted Lu Sangning and watched from above while Zhang Yong confronted her. As Zhang Yong moved to kiss the bound Lu Sangning, Lu Chi stayed hidden, waiting for the police he had called.

• Lu Chi followed Guagua’s directions and crawled through a dog hole into the factory.
• Guagua told Lu Chi that Lu Sangning was tied up in the easternmost room, and Lu Chi watched her from the second floor while waiting for the police.
• Zhang Yong entered the cold storage room, removed Lu Sangning’s gag, and demanded that she forgive him for cheating with Zou Nana.
• Lu Sangning realized she might be hearing Lu Chi’s inner voice and hoped her family could find her, though she doubted they would.
• Zhang Yong threatened Lu Sangning, dismissed her offer to have her father lift the ban on cooperation, and grabbed her chin.
• Lu Sangning struggled as Zhang Yong bent down to kiss her, while Lu Chi remained hidden upstairs.

Lu Chi watched Zhang Yong try to assault Lu Sangning, then learned Zhang planned to blackmail her with a video and control the Lu Family. Lu Chi finally intervened by throwing a wooden club, but Zhang Yong and his men rushed toward him.

• Zhang Yong tried to force himself on the tied-up Lu Sangning while Lu Chi and Guagua watched from the second floor.
• Lu Sangning realized Lu Chi was nearby and wondered why he had not come to save her.
• Guagua revealed Zhang Yong planned to record a video to blackmail Lu Sangning and use her to gain control of the Lu Family.
• Lu Chi decided to rescue Lu Sangning before the police arrived and searched for a weapon.
• Lu Chi threw a thick wooden club at Zhang Yong, but the bodyguard filming, six men at the entrance, and Zhang Yong charged upstairs toward him.

Lu Chi hid from Zhang Yong and his seven bodyguards in a factory restroom while Guagua revealed the System Mall and admitted she had pocketed all his Gossip Coins. With the door about to break and Zhang Yong heading back to assault Lu Sangning, Lu Chi bought beginner combat power on credit and prepared to fight.

• Lu Sangning urged the unseen person upstairs to run as Zhang Yong and his bodyguards pursued Lu Chi.
• Lu Chi followed Guagua's directions into a restroom and barricaded its door, but Guagua estimated it would hold for only five minutes while the police were fifteen minutes away.
• Lu Chi demanded to unbind Guagua, prompting her to reveal the System Mall and confess that she had pocketed all 15,612 Gossip Coins he had earned.
• Guagua offered Lu Chi beginner combat power on credit, and he accepted after hearing Zhang Yong say he would return to his real business.
• Lu Chi's body transformed as the bodyguards kicked the restroom door apart, and he punched through it just before it shattered.

Lu Chi rescued Lu Sangning from Zhang Yong and his bodyguards, then pretended to be beaten when the police arrived. After the police arrested Zhang Yong and freed her, Lu Sangning broke down and embraced Lu Chi.

• Lu Chi used his combat skills to defeat Zhang Yong’s bodyguards at the factory.
• Lu Chi rushed downstairs to save Lu Sangning, then knocked Zhang Yong down and beat him.
• After Guagua warned that police were arriving, Lu Chi covered himself in dust and pretended the bodyguards had beaten him.
• The police stormed in, arrested Zhang Yong, and untied Lu Sangning.
• Lu Sangning embraced Lu Chi in tears, relieved that he had saved her.