Chapter Summaries

After Doctor Xu treated Ye Mo’s neck wound, Ruan Xianyue cared for her while she slept through most of the day. Ye Mo later ate in the middle of the night and went to the Ye Family gym the next morning, where she found Ye Lin working out.

• Doctor Xu treated Ye Mo’s neck wound and said he would return that evening to change the dressing.
• Ruan Xianyue helped Ye Mo eat breakfast and put her to bed, where Ye Mo slept for nearly a day and night.
• Ye Mo woke around two or three in the morning, found food left for her, and checked that news of her visit to the police station had not appeared online.
• Ye Mo reviewed her upcoming filming and promotional schedule, then ate three bowls of rice and two braised mid-wings.
• Ye Mo went to the Ye Family gym the next morning and found Ye Lin working out; he told her to have Mr. Liu supervise her.

Ye Mo recalled how Ye Sen had once denied that she was his sister and mocked her as a stray cat or dog, then returned to the set amid rumors about the attacks against her. Filming remained tense, and Director He angrily berated the leads as Ye Mo arrived.

• Ye Mo exercised with Ye Lin and explained that she had overeaten after waking hungry during the night.
• The Ye family said Ye Sen would return from abroad within a few days, prompting Ye Mo to remember his past insult and wonder how he would react to learning she was his sister.
• Ye Lin noticed Ye Mo looking amused and asked what she was thinking, while she insisted she was kind.
• Ye Mo returned to the set, where crew members debated the bomb planted by Wu Fang and the other attempt on Ye Mo's life.
• Director He scolded the male and female leads as Ye Mo and the others arrived, threatening to kick them off the set.

After surviving the attempted bombing, Ye Mo explained the attackers’ motives to Director He and the crew, who condemned Wu Fang for endangering everyone on set. Wu Jianrong privately pleaded for his niece, but Ye Mo challenged his belief that Wu Fang had only meant a prank, then asked the crew to share her account and planned to take her postponed wrap-up photos.

• Ye Mo told Director He that Wu Fang and another person had tried to kill her for separate reasons, and he sympathized with her.
• Ye Mo explained the incident to the costume and makeup team, whose members blamed Wu Fang and criticized Wu Jianrong for indulging her.
• Wu Jianrong apologized to the crew and asked Ye Mo to speak with him privately about Wu Fang.
• Ye Mo questioned Wu Jianrong’s claim that Wu Fang had only intended a prank, suggesting his niece may have suspected the package could kill her.
• Ye Mo asked Sister Lin and the others to pass along her explanation to the crew, and she postponed her wrap-up photos until that day.

Ye Mo wrapped filming on Consort Chen and celebrated with the crew, where Zhu Hong hinted that her investigation had uncovered Jiang Yiben’s betrayal. As Ye Mo prepared to join Chase, Shen Yan told her Brilliant Star might be sold because its owner had received an unusually large offer.

• Director He praised Ye Mo’s performance as Consort Chen and gave her a red envelope as the crew celebrated her wrap.
• Ye Mo reposted her wrap announcement, then joined the crew for a dinner arranged by Shen Yan.
• Zhu Hong arrived late, toasted Ye Mo for helping her, and hinted that she had discovered the truth about Jiang Yiben.
• Director He drank too much and clung to Shen Yan while praising Ye Mo’s acting and predicting her success.
• Shen Yan told Ye Mo to rest before joining Chase and revealed that Brilliant Star’s owner was considering selling the company for a large offer.

Ye Mo learned that Zhu Hong was pretending to be drunk and suspected she had arranged for Mei Xia to meet Jiang Yiben at the Yunlai Grand Hotel. Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia met secretly while Zhu Hong’s assistant witnessed the setup, and Ye Mo was left eager to see what would happen next.

• Ye Mo heard from 888 that Zhu Hong was pretending to be drunk and wondered why.
• 888 told Ye Mo that Mei Xia had messaged Jiang Yiben to meet her at the Yunlai Grand Hotel, where she was staying while filming a drama Zhu Hong had arranged for her.
• Ye Mo suspected Zhu Hong had deliberately set up the meeting and wanted the driver to turn back to watch.
• Jiang Yiben left the assistant Xiao Li with the apparently drunk Zhu Hong, went to Mei Xia’s hotel room, and secretly embraced her as a camera recorded them.
• Zhu Hong revealed to Xiao Li that she had not been drunk and asked what he knew about Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia.
• Ye Mo learned that Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia had a long history of cheating on partners and had continued their secret affair despite being a couple.

Zhu Hong caught Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia together and exposed their affair by playing a recording of their conversation. After they tried to blame and deceive her, she revealed she had known about their schemes for a long time and called herself the third party between them.

• Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia secretly continued their relationship while he dated his manager, Zhu Hong.
• Mei Xia spotted Zhu Hong in the bedroom doorway, and Jiang Yiben claimed he had mistaken Mei Xia for Zhu Hong because he was drunk.
• Zhu Hong played a recording of their intimate conversation, exposing their affair and insults about her.
• Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia begged Zhu Hong to forgive them, while Jiang Yiben tried to shift blame onto her.
• Zhu Hong rejected their excuses and revealed she had long known about their schemes with each other.

Zhu Hong confronted Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia, cut ties with them, and threatened to expose their affair if they caused trouble. Ye Mo later went with her family to the airport to meet her returning second brother, where she privately warned Ye Baozhu not to resent her.

• Zhu Hong refused to pursue Jiang Yiben and Mei Xia publicly but warned them not to appear before her again or she would release her recording.
• After Zhu Hong left, Jiang Yiben blamed Mei Xia, and Mei Xia suggested Zhu Hong had deliberately set them up; Jiang Yiben then asked whether President Wu was interested in Mei Xia.
• Ye Mo learned what happened through 888 and explained that Zhu Hong stayed quiet to protect her reputation and career.
• Ruan Xianyue woke Ye Mo and brought the family to the airport to welcome Ye Sen, and Ye Mo eagerly joined them.
• Ye Mo took Ye Baozhu aside, asked what she had been thinking, and warned that she could reveal Ye Baozhu's secret bar performances to their parents.

Ye Mo reunited with Ye Sen, the Ye family's famous singer, and confronted him over their unpleasant first meeting. Ye Zhipeng revealed that Ye Sen had been the first to suspect Ye Mo was related to them, and 888 explained that he had arranged the investigation and DNA test.

• Ye Mo reminded Ye Baozhu that she knew about her secret partying and smoking, leaving Ye Baozhu nervous about her public image.
• Ye Mo and the Ye family waited at the airport for Ye Sen, whose flight arrived an hour late.
• Ye Sen greeted his family warmly, and Ye Baozhu asked whether he had brought her a present.
• Ye Mo recalled Ye Sen calling her a stray cat or dog during their earlier meeting, and Ye Sen criticized her acting.
• Ye Zhipeng told Ye Mo that Ye Sen had first brought her up to the family, and 888 said Ye Sen had ordered an investigation after noticing her resemblance to Madam Ye.

Ye Mo learned that Ye Sen had known Ye Baozhu was not part of the Ye family and had kept the truth hidden after being told Ye Mo was dead. She left Ye Sen stunned with a warning about his assistant and decided to confront Doctor Yuan.

• 888 told Ye Mo that Ye Sen had discovered Ye Baozhu's identity two years earlier and had arranged the paternity test.
• Ye Sen apologized for his earlier insult, and Ye Mo asked why he had kept quiet about Ye Baozhu.
• Ye Sen explained that Doctor Yuan had concealed the truth at Zheng Lingyin's request and that Zheng Lingyin had told him Ye Mo was dead.
• Ye Mo sarcastically told Ye Sen she understood his choice, then claimed to be a divine fortune-teller and revealed that Assistant A collected Ye Sen's intimate clothing.
• Ye Mo asked 888 where Doctor Yuan worked and said she planned to take revenge on the spot.

Ye Mo exposed Yuan Yongkang’s role in a child swap twenty-three years earlier, causing the accusation to spread across the internet and shatter his reputation. After Yuan fainted, a hospital administrator confronted him, and his evasive reaction suggested the allegation was true.

• Yuan Yongkang arrived at Municipal Central Hospital and discovered an article accusing him of helping swap a child on the hospital’s homepage.
• Yuan demanded that the IT department remove the article, but staff told him the site had been hacked and the allegations had spread across major online platforms.
• Yuan fainted after seeing the accusation dominate the trending lists.
• The story of Yuan’s role in the child swap spread widely, prompting public debate and calls for the hospital to respond.
• After Yuan woke, a hospital administrator questioned him about the allegations and berated him when his evasive expression seemed to confirm them.

Huang Cixin learned that Yuan Yongkang had switched a child from the Ye family and urged him to seek their forgiveness. Ye Mo admitted to exposing Yuan Yongkang online, defended her actions to the Ye family, and left to join her next production.

• Huang Cixin confronted Yuan Yongkang about the baby switch and discovered the child belonged to the Ye family of Tianheng Industries.
• Ye Sen accused Ye Mo of exposing Yuan Yongkang, and she admitted it, explaining that he had nearly caused her death as a baby.
• Ye Mo rejected the Ye family's concern about preserving ties with the Yuan family and challenged Yuan Yongkang to confront her directly.
• Ye Mo announced that she was leaving for her next production, while Ye Miao lamented that Ye Lin was away.
• Ye Zhipeng acknowledged the family's past failure to question Yuan Yongkang, and Ye Sen and Ye Zhipeng told Ye Baozhu she had no right to defend him.

Ye Mo confronted Yuan Yongkang after he came to the Ye Family home to apologize for helping Zheng Lingyin conceal the switched children. Yuan Yongkang explained his role, but Ye Mo challenged his claims of guilt over the decades of silence.

• Ye Baozhu pretended to faint, and Ye Mo learned from 888 that she was faking it.
• Ye Mo told 888 she did not expect affection from the Ye Family, though she would not tolerate them mistreating her.
• Yuan Yongkang arrived at the Ye Family home looking older and dejected as the scandal continued to spread online.
• Ye Zhipeng asked Yuan Yongkang whether Zheng Lingyin had prompted his actions, and Ye Mo confronted him about nearly killing her and concealing the truth.
• Yuan Yongkang and his Third Uncle apologized, and Yuan Yongkang explained that Zheng Lingyin had begged him to help hide the children’s switch.
• Ye Mo laughed at Yuan Yongkang’s claims of guilt, pointing out that he had kept silent for twenty-three years.

Ye Mo confronted Yuan Yongkang over helping Zheng Lingyin switch Ruan Xianyue and Ye Zhipeng’s daughter, while the Yuan Family elder pleaded for forgiveness and protection of Yuan Yongkang’s medical career. Ye Mo argued that Yuan Yongkang’s actions proved he lacked the ethics required of a doctor, leaving the elder stunned.

• Ye Mo reminded Yuan Yongkang that he had received payment and spent a night with Zheng Lingyin, and he angrily defended her.
• The Yuan Family elder apologized on Yuan Yongkang’s behalf, but Ruan Xianyue refused to forgive him and described the hardship her daughter had endured.
• Ye Zhipeng declared that the Ye Family would not forgive Yuan Yongkang for helping Zheng Lingyin switch his child.
• The Yuan Family elder asked Ye Mo to help protect Yuan Yongkang’s ability to practice medicine, and Ye Mo admitted that she had publicized his actions online.
• Ye Mo questioned whether Yuan Yongkang deserved to practice medicine without medical ethics and suggested the Yuan Family expel him from its tutelage.

Ye Mo confronted Yuan Yongkang over his past betrayal of medical ethics and revealed that Zheng Lingyin had once been pregnant with his child, leaving him shaken and determined to question her. After the Yuan family left, Ye Zhipeng explained to Ye Mo that he and Ruan Xianyue had not knowingly protected Yuan Yongkang.

• Yuan Yongkang angrily accused Ye Mo of sowing discord, but Ye Zhipeng stepped in to defend her.
• The Yuan Family patriarch rebuked Yuan Yongkang, apologized to Ye Mo for his actions, and left with him.
• Ye Mo told Yuan Yongkang that Zheng Lingyin had once been pregnant with his child and had aborted it.
• Yuan Yongkang doubted Ye Mo but grew visibly shaken and left to confront Zheng Lingyin.
• The Yuan Family patriarch departed, and Ye Zhipeng told Ye Mo that he and Ruan Xianyue had not known Yuan Yongkang was involved.

Ye Mo reassured Ye Zhipeng and Ruan Xianyue that she was not angry with them, while they insisted she mattered more to them than anyone else. After Yuan Yongkang was expelled from the Yuan Family, 888 revealed that he had learned Zheng Lingyin once aborted their child and had confronted her, leaving him furious and resentful.

• Ruan Xianyue blamed herself for Ye Mo's suffering, and Ye Zhipeng promised to keep Yuan Yongkang from working at hospitals in the country.
• Ye Mo said she was not angry with her parents and could understand if Ye Zhipeng had chosen his longtime friend Yuan Yongkang over her.
• Ye Zhipeng and Ruan Xianyue told Ye Mo she was the most important person to them, though they suspected she did not believe them.
• Ye Mo learned that the Yuan Family's old patriarch had struck Yuan Yongkang from the family genealogy and was surprised by the decision.
• 888 explained that Ye Zhipeng's pressure had made Yuan Yongkang's medical career nearly impossible and that the Yuan Family had disowned him to protect its interests.
• 888 told Ye Mo that Yuan Yongkang had confronted Zheng Lingyin about their aborted child, and her silence convinced him she had never intended to marry him.

Yuan Yongkang faced public condemnation and suspension from the municipal hospital as Ye Mo joined the film crew of "Chase." On set, she watched Ren Xueni harshly scold her young son after he struggled with his lines.

• The municipal hospital suspended Yuan Yongkang, and online commenters condemned him for concealing the child switch.
• Ye Mo joined the "Chase" crew and prepared to film her scenes as Xia Mei, a kindergarten teacher.
• During a kindergarten scene, Ren Xueni's son struggled to deliver his line, prompting Director Ji to stop filming.
• Ye Mo recognized Ren Xueni's manager and learned from Xiao Zhou that the child actor was Ren Xueni's son.
• After the child struggled again, Ren Xueni pulled him aside and scolded him while her husband apologized to the crew.

Ren Xueni berated her son Ding Shuyang on set until he completed his scene, while Ye Mo noticed he looked unwell. After the filming, Ding Shuyang collapsed from a high fever, and Ye Mo caught him and called for help.

• Ren Xueni accused Ding Shuyang of deliberately ruining his takes and threatened to cancel his drawing classes, while Ding Liangcai tried to defend him.
• Ding Shuyang pleaded with Ren Xueni and promised to act properly, then delivered his line successfully on the third take.
• Ye Mo noticed Ding Shuyang's flushed face and asked 888 to check his health; 888 found that he had a fever.
• Ding Shuyang collapsed, and Ye Mo caught him before he hit the ground and alerted Director Ji Minghe that he had a fever.
• Crew members gathered and urged that Ding Shuyang be taken to the hospital as Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai rushed to his side.

Ye Mo learned that Yangyang was not Ren Xueni’s biological child and uncovered the tangled history behind his identity. The chapter ended with Ren Xueni’s real child apparently being raised by Ding Youcai’s former mistress, while Yangyang had been brought from Ren Xueni’s brother’s family.

• When Yangyang developed a fever, the production team urged Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai to take him to the hospital.
• 888 confirmed Ye Mo’s suspicion that Yangyang was not Ren Xueni’s child and revealed that Ren Xueni had brought him home from her eldest brother’s family after her own baby died from a fever.
• 888 explained that Ren Xueni had married Ding Youcai while pregnant by her wealthy patron, hoping to secure her child a share of the patron’s inheritance.
• Ding Youcai knew the baby was not his and agreed to the marriage partly because he hoped the child would later give him the inheritance.
• 888 revealed that Ding Youcai’s pregnant girlfriend had swapped her baby with Ren Xueni’s newborn, leaving Ren Xueni’s real child apparently in the girlfriend’s care.

Ye Mo visited Yangyang in the hospital after learning his fever had nearly caused brain damage, and overheard Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai reveal secrets about their marriage and children. She entered the room pretending she had just arrived and confronted them about neglecting Yangyang, leaving Ren Xueni uneasy about what Ye Mo had heard.

• Ye Mo learned that Yangyang had been hospitalized with a dangerously high fever and decided to visit him.
• Ye Mo asked Ren Xueni for Yangyang's ward number, then bought flowers, fruit, and a toy before going to the hospital with Zhou Xiaoyu.
• Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai argued over their neglect of Yangyang and the pressure of his acting work, then exposed secrets about their marriage, Ding Youcai's mistress, and Ren Xueni's past pregnancy.
• Ye Mo and Zhou Xiaoyu were caught listening outside the room, but Ye Mo claimed they had just arrived.
• Ye Mo entered Yangyang's room and asked about his condition, criticizing Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai for failing to notice his fever.

Ye Mo and Zhou Xiaoyu were left to care for Yangyang after Ren Xueni and her husband abandoned him at the hospital. They stayed with him through his fever and waited for his parents to return, but Ren Xueni asked them to keep watching him, leaving Ye Mo furious.

• Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai made excuses to leave Ye Mo and Zhou Xiaoyu alone with the sleeping Yangyang.
• Zhou Xiaoyu moistened Yangyang’s dry lips while she and Ye Mo waited in the hospital, but his parents did not return by nightfall.
• Ye Mo received Ren Xueni’s message asking them to look after Yangyang, and she and Zhou Xiaoyu stayed rather than leave him alone.
• Yangyang woke and asked for his mother, so Ye Mo gently reassured him and gave him the toy they had brought.
• Ye Mo and Zhou Xiaoyu ordered food for themselves and Yangyang, then followed the doctor’s instructions to care for him as his fever eased.
• Ren Xueni replied perfunctorily to Ye Mo’s messages and asked them to watch Yangyang longer, making Ye Mo laugh in anger.