Chapter Summaries

Ye Mo decided to help Yangyang return to his biological parents after seeing how Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai neglected him, and she sent them evidence of Ren Xueni’s treatment of him. The chapter ended with Fan Qingqing grieving over years of being kept from her only child.

• Ye Mo learned from 888 that Ding Youcai had gone to see his former girlfriend, who had switched her child with Ren Xueni’s, and reflected on how the adults’ choices had harmed the children.
• Ye Mo watched Yangyang fall asleep waiting for his parents and concluded that Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai would ruin him if he stayed with them.
• 888 explained that Ren Baiyang and Fan Qingqing had given Yangyang to Ren Xueni for a better future, and that Yangyang was their only child.
• Ye Mo decided Yangyang should return to his biological parents and asked 888 to send them the video of Ren Xueni scolding him, along with information about how he was being raised.
• Fan Qingqing told Ren Baiyang that Ren Xueni had kept them from seeing Yangyang for years, and wept over missing her only child.

After receiving an anonymous warning and video showing Ren Xueni mistreating Ding Shuyang, Fan Qingqing and Ren Baiyang rushed to City B to check on their son. They found him in the hospital, where Fan Qingqing tended to him while Ren Baiyang began asking Ye Mo and Zhou Xiaoyu who they were.

• Fan Qingqing and Ren Baiyang received a message and video claiming Ren Xueni had overworked and mistreated Ding Shuyang, who had suffered a dangerous fever.
• The anonymous caller identified the hospital room where Ding Shuyang was staying, and Fan Qingqing insisted on going to see him.
• Ren Baiyang agreed to accompany Fan Qingqing, and they flew to City B that night.
• Fan Qingqing and Ren Baiyang reached the hospital room and told Zhou Xiaoyu they were Ding Shuyang's aunt and uncle.
• Zhou Xiaoyu explained that Ding Shuyang's fever had returned overnight but had gone down after treatment, and Fan Qingqing hurried to his bedside.
• Ren Baiyang saw Ye Mo and Zhou Xiaoyu in the room and asked who they were.

Ye Mo’s setup brought Ren Baiyang, Fan Qingqing, Ren Xueni, and Ding Youcai to the hospital, where Fan Qingqing confronted Ren Xueni over Yangyang’s mistreatment. Ren Xueni tried to claim Ye Mo had agreed to care for the child, but Ye Mo exposed her lie.

• Ye Mo and Zhou Xiaoyu told Ren Baiyang and Fan Qingqing that Ren Xueni had left Yangyang in their care overnight and ignored their messages.
• Fan Qingqing accused Ren Xueni of mistreating Yangyang and threatened to divorce Ren Baiyang if he kept defending his sister.
• Ye Mo revealed to 888 that she had arranged messages to bring Ren Baiyang and Fan Qingqing, Ren Xueni, and Ding Youcai to the hospital.
• Ren Xueni entered the ward and Fan Qingqing slapped her, demanding to know why she had abandoned Yangyang while he was sick.
• Ren Xueni claimed Ye Mo had agreed to look after Yangyang, but Ye Mo said Ren Xueni had left without a word and ignored her messages.

Fan Qingqing confronted Ren Xueni over mistreating Ding Shuyang and demanded to take him back, then revealed that Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai’s biological son had died six years earlier. Ding Youcai and a strangely agitated woman arrived and demanded to know which son had died, as Ren Xueni began to explain herself.

• Ye Mo denied agreeing to care for Ding Shuyang, and Fan Qingqing challenged Ren Xueni over leaving him at the hospital.
• Fan Qingqing insisted that she would take Ding Shuyang back, while Ren Xueni argued that she had raised him for years.
• Fan Qingqing threatened to tell Ren Xueni’s husband that Ding Shuyang was not his biological son and that his own son had died six years earlier.
• Ding Youcai and an unfamiliar woman entered the hospital room and heard Fan Qingqing’s revelation.
• The woman urgently questioned Fan Qingqing about which of Ding Youcai’s sons had died, and Fan Qingqing explained that Ren Xueni’s baby had died six years ago.
• Fan Qingqing accused Ren Xueni of taking her child to replace the dead baby and then failing to care for him, while Ren Xueni started to explain why she had left him at the hospital.

Gao Zinan revealed that she had secretly switched her newborn son with Ren Xueni’s six years earlier, and the child who died was actually Gao Zinan and Ding Youcai’s biological son. The revelation sparked a hospital-room brawl, which security broke up, while Yangyang watched in fear.

• Gao Zinan attacked Ren Xueni after learning that her child had died, and Ren Baiyang and the others pulled her away.
• Gao Zinan told Ding Youcai that she had switched the babies at the hospital six years earlier, making Ren Xueni’s deceased child their biological son.
• Ren Xueni realized her own child was still alive, but Gao Zinan attacked her again, and Ding Youcai joined in; Ren Baiyang tried to intervene.
• Ren Xueni fought back, and the four adults brawled until hospital security separated them after a nurse called for help.
• Ye Mo reassured the frightened Yangyang that the adults were only playing, while Ren Xueni and Gao Zinan traded angry threats after the fight.

Ye Mo and Ding Youcai rushed to Yuren Kindergarten after realizing Gao Zinan might target Ding Baole, the child she had raised. Gao Zinan arrived and tried to reach Baole, but Ye Mo blocked her as she vowed revenge on Ren Xueni through the child.

• Gao Zinan left the hospital, and Ye Mo realized she was likely going after Ding Baole, Ren Xueni’s biological son.
• Ye Mo, Ding Youcai, and Ren Baiyang headed for Yuren Kindergarten while Ren Xueni rushed out to protect her son.
• On the way, Ding Youcai revealed that Ren Xueni had been involved with another man and that he had once been Gao Zinan’s boyfriend.
• Ye Mo and the others reached the kindergarten before Gao Zinan and asked a teacher to bring Ding Baole out.
• Gao Zinan arrived and called Baole to her, but Ye Mo stopped him and warned her not to involve a child in her feud with Ren Xueni.
• Gao Zinan charged toward Baole, declaring that she would make Ren Xueni experience losing her child, and Ye Mo prepared to stop her.

Ye Mo restrained Gao Zinan when she tried to attack Ding Baole, but the boy’s affection brought Gao Zinan to tears and she embraced him. At the hospital, Ren Xueni learned her biological son was safe and demanded he be returned, while Yangyang recovered enough to go home.

• Ye Mo caught Gao Zinan and forced her to her knees before she could reach Ding Baole.
• Gao Zinan told Ding Baole she was not his mother and blamed him for surviving while her biological child had died.
• Ding Baole offered Gao Zinan his chocolate and comforted her, and she stopped struggling and held him as she wept.
• Ren Baiyang told Ren Xueni that her son was safe, but Ren Xueni demanded that he be brought home and considered suing Gao Zinan.
• Fan Qingqing said Yangyang's fever had gone down and he could leave the hospital, and Ye Mo and Zhou Xiaoyu said goodbye to him.

Ye Mo helped Fan Qingqing and Ren Baiyang reclaim Yangyang after Ren Xueni stopped caring for him, while Ren Xueni focused on getting her biological son Ding Baole back. Gao Zinan refused to give Ding Baole up, and Ding Youcai threatened to expose Ren Xueni's secrets if she persisted.

• Ye Mo told Zhou Xiaoyu that Yangyang should leave Ren Xueni and Ding Youcai and live with Fan Qingqing and Ren Baiyang.
• Ren Xueni agreed to let Fan Qingqing and Ren Baiyang take Yangyang, and they transferred his household registration to their home.
• Yangyang struggled with the change at first but gradually accepted Fan Qingqing and Ren Baiyang as his parents.
• Ren Xueni demanded that Gao Zinan return Ding Baole, but Gao Zinan refused and insisted that he was her child.
• Ding Youcai promised Gao Zinan he would stop Ren Xueni, then threatened to expose Ren Xueni's secrets if she kept trying to take Ding Baole.

Ren Xueni failed to persuade Ding Youcai to return Baole to her, and she was left furious and bewildered by her collapsing family life. Meanwhile, Ye Mo enjoyed filming Chase and impressed the crew with her acting, while advising Zhou Xiaoyu not to care about gossip.

• Ding Youcai insisted that Baole stay with Gao Zinan and warned Ren Xueni that whether their dispute reached the headlines depended on her choice.
• Ren Xueni raged after Ding Youcai left, then reflected on losing Baole, her adopted son, and her husband.
• Ye Mo's performance as Xia Mei in Chase impressed Director Ji and changed the crew's opinion of her casting.
• Zhou Xiaoyu complained that Tang Ying and other crew members had mocked Ye Mo, while Ye Mo dismissed their gossip as envy.
• Ye Mo told Zhou Xiaoyu not to let insults upset her, and she continued enjoying her time on the Chase set.

Ye Mo endured a freezing rain scene for her final day filming "Chase," despite Yu Luwei's concerns about her safety and status as the Ye Corporation's young lady. After repeated failed takes, she warmed up with ginger soup while Tang Ying's apparent deliberate disruptions angered Director Ji.

• Ye Mo learned assorted gossip on the set, including that stylist Ning Aiqi had transitioned from male to female.
• Director Ji's repeated reshoots extended Ye Mo's filming schedule, and her final scene required her to lie in a body bag in freezing rain.
• Yu Luwei urged Director Ji to use a body double, but Ye Mo declined and Director Ji insisted on filming the scene with her.
• Repeated takes left Ye Mo cold and drenched, so Shen Yan brought her ginger soup and Zhou Xiaoyu anxiously checked on her.
• Director Ji berated Tang Ying after she repeatedly disrupted takes, while Zhou Xiaoyu accused her of trying to hurt Ye Mo.

Ye Mo endured repeated takes in the rain while Tang Ying kept making mistakes, prompting Shen Yan to confront Director Ji and warn that the Ye Corporation would seek justice. Ye Yongming witnessed Ye Mo’s treatment and found her shivering after filming, leaving the production facing his displeasure and the threat of her family’s anger.

• Zhou Xiaoyu and Shen Yan grew upset as Ye Mo spent the takes in the rain, and Shen Yan went to confront Director Ji.
• Director Ji warned Tang Ying that she would be dismissed if she failed the next take, while Shen Yan threatened to involve Ye Yongming if she kept mistreating Ye Mo.
• Tang Ying denied deliberately making mistakes, but her manager Brother Hu warned her to behave and planned to have her apologize to Ye Mo.
• Ye Yongming watched the crew from beside Yu Luwei and questioned how Ye Mo was supposedly doing well on set; Tang Ying then completed the next take without further trouble.
• Ye Yongming found Ye Mo shivering after filming and warned that her father would shut the production down if he learned of her condition.

Ye Yongming confronted the film producer after Tang Ying mistreated Ye Mo on set and forced the production to replace its female lead. After Ye Mo warmed up in the van, Ye Yongming scolded her for not speaking up when she was bullied.

• Ye Yongming reminded Yu Luwei that the contract prohibited the production from mistreating Ye Mo and warned that the Ye family could stop the movie.
• Yu Luwei revealed that Ye Yongming was with the Ye Group and the film's biggest investor, leaving Tang Ying frightened.
• Ye Yongming demanded that Tang Ying be removed from the set, and Yu Luwei agreed after Ye Yongming said money was no obstacle.
• The crew was shocked that Tang Ying had lost the leading role and speculated that Ye Mo might be the Ye Corporation's young miss.
• After Ye Mo warmed up in the van, Ye Yongming questioned her for allowing Tang Ying to bully her despite the contract's protection.

After Tang Ying tried to bully Ye Mo during filming, Ye Yongming used another fifty million to have her removed as the female lead of “Chase.” Ye Mo finished filming but fell ill with a fever after spending over an hour in freezing rain.

• Ye Mo told Ye Yongming she had planned to expose Tang Ying’s affair with a married sugar daddy, but asked whether he had already stood up for her.
• Ye Yongming revealed that “Chase” had hired a new female lead after he invested another fifty million to remove Tang Ying.
• Ye Mo completed filming, while online rumors and the production’s announcement confirmed that Tang Ying’s contract had been terminated.
• Tang Ying’s fans demanded answers, and her manager, Brother Hu, scolded her for bringing the loss of her lead role on herself.
• Tang Ying regretted targeting Ye Mo out of jealousy, while Ye Mo returned home, developed a fever, and struggled to get out of bed for medicine.

While recovering from a fever, Ye Mo remembered how her uncaring adoptive parents had once left her sick as a child, strengthening her resolve to live. She woke to find Ruan Xianyue had stayed by her and wept over her, then opened a window to admire the snow before Ruan Xianyue hurried to protect her from the cold.

• As she drifted in and out of consciousness with a fever, Ye Mo recalled being ill at twelve and hearing her adoptive parents discuss giving her expired medicine rather than taking her to a hospital.
• Ye Mo remembered swallowing the pills because she wanted to survive and vowed to make something of her life despite her adoptive parents' indifference.
• Doctor Xu gave Ye Mo an IV while Ruan Xianyue held her hand and cried, with Ye Zhipeng and Ye Lin standing nearby in worry.
• Ye Mo woke at noon the next day, noticed the bandage on her hand, and opened the window to see the heavy snowfall.
• Ruan Xianyue shut the window and scolded Ye Mo for exposing herself to the wind, and Ye Mo recalled seeing her cry the night before.

While recovering from her illness, Ye Mo learned she needed to sign a new contract after [Brilliant Star] changed owners and prepared for the Ye family’s New Year’s Day dinner. As Ye Zhipeng summoned her to the study, 888 revealed that he planned to give her a five-percent stake in Tianheng.

• Ruan Xianyue cared for Ye Mo while she ate congee and took her medicine, and Ye Mo accidentally admitted she envied Ye Baozhu before dismissing the remark as sickness-induced nonsense.
• Ye Mo’s fever stayed away, but she continued coughing and feeling weak for a week.
• Shen Yan and Zhou Xiaoyu visited Ye Mo, cursed Tang Ying for causing her illness, and Shen Yan told her to sign a new contract with [Brilliant Star]’s new owner.
• Ye Mo asked Shen Yan about the new contract terms, and he assured her she would be satisfied while avoiding her question about whether he knew the new boss.
• Ye Mo gave Shen Yan and Zhou Xiaoyu invitations to the Ye family’s New Year’s Day dinner and asked Shen Yan to pass more invitations to company acquaintances and friends.
• As Ye Mo went to Ye Zhipeng’s study, 888 told her that Ye Zhipeng planned to give her a five-percent stake in Tianheng.

Ye Mo accepted five percent of Tianheng Industries’ shares from Ye Zhipeng and traveled with her family to the Ye clan’s old residence in Q Province to meet her relatives. There, her aunt and third uncle welcomed her and remarked on the coincidence that her adoptive family had also been surnamed Ye.

• Ye Zhipeng gave Ye Mo a transfer agreement for five percent of Tianheng Industries’ shares, and she had 888 check it before signing.
• Ye Zhipeng apologized for the years Ye Mo had suffered and promised to help her with anything she needed, while Ye Mo said the shares made her feel her life was complete.
• Ruan Xianyue said the family would take Ye Mo to meet her grandmother and relatives at the old residence before the banquet.
• Ye Zhipeng took Ye Mo and the others by plane to Q Province, where the cold weather made Ye Mo sneeze as soon as she left the airport.
• Aunt Ye and Third Uncle Ye welcomed Ye Mo at the old residence and remarked that her adoptive parents’ surname had also been Ye.

Ye Mo met the Ye family and discovered that Grandma Ye favored Ye Baozhu while treating her as an unwelcome rival. After Ye Mo challenged that attitude with pointed politeness, Ye Zhipeng took the family away to put their luggage away.

• Ye Mo learned from Ye Sen that Fang Yi'en was Youngest Aunt Ye’s son and suspected he resented her because of Ye Baozhu.
• Ye Mo warned Fang Yi'en not to try bullying her, and Ye Sen joked that she was no better behaved than he was.
• Ye Zhipeng brought Ye Mo to meet Grandma Ye, who warmly welcomed Ye Baozhu but barely acknowledged Ye Mo.
• Grandma Ye demanded that Ye Zhipeng promise not to send Ye Baozhu away, and Ye Mo objected to being treated as a threat to her.
• Ye Mo addressed Grandma Ye as Old Madam Ye and said she would not force a family bond on someone who did not welcome her.
• Ye Zhipeng assured Grandma Ye that Ye Baozhu would remain part of the family, then took everyone to put away their luggage.

Ye Mo arrived at the Ye residence and stayed composed despite Grandma Ye’s coldness, then faced a malicious provocation from Fang Yi'en at dinner. The chapter ended with Aunt Ye confronting Fang Yi'en after Ye Mo repeated his insulting question to the family.

• Third Uncle Ye defended Ye Mo when Grandma Ye complained about her formal manner, while Fang Yi'en watched Ye Mo with malice.
• Ye Zhipeng explained that Grandma Ye was protective of Ye Baozhu, but Ye Mo said she would simply keep her distance from people who disliked her.
• Ye Mo settled into her room, picked wintersweet branches from outside, and joined the others for dinner.
• Ye Mo chose a seat far from Grandma Ye, and Fang Yi'en sat opposite her with a provocative grin.
• Fang Yi'en asked whether Ye Mo had gained fame through a sugar daddy, and Ye Mo loudly asked Ye Zhipeng how she should answer.
• Fang Yi'en accused Ye Mo of tattling, and Aunt Ye angrily demanded to know whether he had said such a thing.

Ye Mo refused to play outside at the old residence while Fang Yi'en and Ye Baozhu plotted against her. After Fang Yi'en and Ye Yongxin sneaked mice into her room to frighten her, Ye Mo turned the prank back on them.

• Fang Yi'en accused Ye Mo of bullying Ye Baozhu, who said she felt her family preferred Ye Mo since she had been found.
• Fang Yi'en promised to get revenge for Ye Baozhu, and Ye Yongxin reluctantly agreed to help him.
• While Ye Mo slept, Fang Yi'en and Ye Yongxin released four mice into her room.
• After the boys waited for Ye Mo to scream, she approached them and stuffed mice into both their clothes.
• Fang Yi'en and Ye Yongxin panicked and jumped around, trying to get the mice out.

Ye Yongxin and Fang Yi'en cried after Ye Mo turned their rat prank against them, and Ye Lin defended her when Youngest Aunt Ye blamed her. The dispute ended with Youngest Aunt Ye angered by Ye Lin's rebuke.

• Ye Yongxin and Fang Yi'en sobbed about rats crawling over them while the family questioned them.
• Ye Mo explained that the boys had brought the rats to prank her, so she had returned them to their clothes.
• Fang Yi'en admitted that he and Ye Yongxin had intended to scare Ye Mo, and Ye Mo confirmed she had put the rats on them.
• Youngest Aunt Ye criticized Ye Mo for retaliating, while Ye Baozhu argued that she should have been more forgiving.
• Ye Lin defended Ye Mo and told Youngest Aunt Ye that her remarks insulted both Ye Mo and their family.
• Youngest Aunt Ye froze and grew angry after Ye Lin confronted her.