Recaps

Su Wanqiao told Fu Huaiyan that Sang Yu’s family faced a devastating scandal, and he decided to intervene by pairing her with Fu Yichu. Fu Yichu resisted the blind date until Su Wanqiao revealed that Sang Yu would later care for his dismembered body, leaving him terrified and obligated to help her family.

• Su Wanqiao explained that Sang Yu’s stepmother was having an incestuous relationship with her son, and that the scandal would lead Sang Yu’s father to die by suicide while the others fled.
• Fu Huaiyan decided to arrange a blind date between Fu Yichu and Sang Yu and ordered Fu Yichu to help resolve her family’s scandal.
• Fu Yichu objected to dating Sang Yu, saying she was clingy and that he did not like her, so Fu Huaiyan slapped him.
• Su Wanqiao told Fu Yichu that Sang Yu would later collect his dismembered body and seek justice for him.
• Frightened by his predicted death, Fu Yichu was told to go on the date and help Sang Yu whether or not they became a couple.

Fu Yichu learned that Sang Yu's stepmother had committed incest with her biological son and agreed to go on a blind date with Sang Yu, while resolving to protect her and investigate his own future death. Fu Huaiyan told him to respect Su Wanqiao, and the brothers argued over Fu Huaiyan's past treatment of his wife.

• Fu Yichu saw that Sang Yu's stepmother had committed incest with her biological son and decided the scandal must stay secret to protect Sang Yu and her family.
• Fu Yichu recalled the warning about his future murder and dismemberment and resolved to find the culprit; he said he had already found evidence against Deputy Chairman Bai for his brother to handle.
• Fu Yichu agreed to go on a blind date with Sang Yu, while warning Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao not to expect the relationship to succeed.
• Su Wanqiao returned to her room, and Fu Huaiyan told Fu Yichu that she knew they could hear her thoughts and warned him to treat her respectfully.
• Fu Yichu criticized Fu Huaiyan for neglecting Su Wanqiao, and Fu Huaiyan grew angry when his brother pointed out how difficult it would be to repair their marriage.

Fu Huaiyan asked Fu Yichu how to improve his relationship with Su Wanqiao, then learned that Vice Chairman Bai and Director Gao had betrayed the company. He planned to punish them and release the stolen-technology headphones early, and ended by asking Su Wanqiao to visit Fu Yunqi on set and build a life together.

• Fu Yichu advised Fu Huaiyan to visit Fu Yunqi's set with Su Wanqiao and use publicity to repair their relationship.
• Fu Yichu showed Fu Huaiyan evidence that Vice Chairman Bai had betrayed the company, and Fu Huaiyan decided to keep him in place until they could send him to prison and ruin his career.
• Fu Yichu warned Fu Huaiyan that Director Gao had stolen technology and that competitors could cause the company to lose billions of yuan.
• Fu Huaiyan ordered Fu Yichu to have Director Gao arrested and to release the smart noise-canceling bone-conduction headphones the next day at a competitive price.
• Fu Huaiyan asked Su Wanqiao to visit Fu Yunqi on set with him and told her he would not divorce her and wanted them to live well together.

Su Wanqiao agreed to try living happily with Fu Huaiyan in exchange for comfort and financial freedom, while Fu Yunqi continued filming Water Village Love and planned revenge against The Legend of Yuzhou. The chapter ended with Fu Yunqi welcoming his brother and sister-in-law to the set as Su Wanqiao predicted he would win a best actor award.

• Su Wanqiao told Fu Huaiyan she would try to get along with him if he made life in the Fu Family comfortable, and he promised her freedom and shared marital wealth.
• Fu Yunqi held back evidence of The Legend of Yuzhou’s scandals, planning to expose them after the production had invested its money and finished filming.
• Fu Yunqi avoided Jiang Ruoning because her presence disrupted his focus and made him lose the desire to study his script.
• Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao visited Fu Yunqi on the Water Village Love set, where he greeted them and offered to take them to dinner.
• Su Wanqiao thought Fu Yunqi would win the Golden Heaven Award for best actor for Water Village Love.

Fu Yunqi learned that a variety show opportunity he had turned down could lead to Ji Xingyue’s rise, and he decided not to let Ji take it. After Fu Huaiyan revealed that the family knew about Su Wanqiao’s mind-reading, the couple discussed the show with Fu Yunqi, and their rare joint set visit surprised the media and netizens.

• Su Wanqiao’s thoughts revealed that Ji Xingyue had gained an opportunity on “Celebrities Visit Hengdian” after Fu Yunqi declined it, and that the show had filmed a scandal involving Su Qi.
• Fu Yunqi decided he would go on the variety show rather than let Ji Xingyue benefit, though he considered recommending another actor to avoid getting involved in the scandal.
• Fu Huaiyan told Fu Yunqi that the family knew everyone could hear Su Wanqiao’s thoughts and urged him to treat her honestly and respectfully.
• Fu Yunqi sincerely thanked Su Wanqiao, and Fu Huaiyan told him to bring her expensive gifts when he visited again.
• The media photographed Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao visiting Fu Yunqi on set, and netizens expressed surprise when the photos appeared online.

Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan discussed how to protect the Fu Family hotel from a scandal during Celebrities Visit Hengdian, while Fu Yunqi tried to avoid the plot. The chapter ended as the crew forced open Zhou Weixuan’s door during a surprise visit.

• Su Wanqiao reflected that the changed relationships in the Fu Family had altered the original plot.
• Fu Huaiyan learned the show would film at a hotel the Fu Family had acquired and assigned Fu Yunqi to prevent damage to its reputation.
• Fu Yunqi decided to keep the production team from visiting Su Qi’s room, believing he could avoid the scandal.
• Half a month later, Fu Yunqi joined the show’s crew for surprise visits to celebrities at the hotel.
• Fu Yunqi knocked on Zhou Weixuan’s door, and when Zhou opened it barely a crack, the crew pulled it wide open and rushed inside.

Fu Yunqi’s visit to a film set exposed Su Qi and two male stars in a scandal that unexpectedly boosted his popularity and his family’s hotel business. Meanwhile, Fu Yichu showed Sang Yu evidence of her stepmother’s affair with her son, and stopped her from rushing off to confront them.

• Fu Yunqi and the production team walked in on Su Qi and two male stars in bed, and the livestream footage spread across the internet.
• Su Qi and the two actors lost their projects and deals, while Fu Yunqi gained endorsements and became known as a cheater-catching ambassador.
• Fu Yunqi endorsed the Fu Family hotel, which drew more customers as an internet-famous destination.
• Fu Yichu went on several matchmaking dates with Sang Yu and encouraged her to choose the dessert flavors she liked.
• Fu Yichu gave Sang Yu photographs showing her stepmother and stepbrother embracing and kissing, and explained that he wanted to help her.
• Sang Yu grew furious and tried to leave to confront them, but Fu Yichu pulled her back into his arms.

Sang Yu and Fu Yichu began dating after she exposed her stepmother’s affair and arranged to send her stepmother and stepson abroad. At a ball, Xie Muling confessed his feelings to Fu Siyao, but she told him she was not right for him.

• Fu Yichu advised Sang Yu to tell her father about her stepmother’s affair and handle it discreetly to protect the Sang Family’s reputation.
• Sang Yu told her father, and they decided to send her stepmother and stepson to Europe under the pretext of the stepson studying abroad.
• Sang Yu updated Fu Yichu, then asked if they could try dating, and he agreed.
• At a ball, Jiang Ruoning greeted Xie Muling while Fu Siyao was away, and Fu Siyao hurried over after seeing them together.
• Xie Muling asked Fu Siyao if they could see each other often, and she said she was not right for him.
• Xie Muling told Fu Siyao that he liked her and asked why she would not give him a chance.

Xie Muling agreed that he could marry into the Fu Family, and he and Fu Siyao decided to try dating. At the Fu Family dinner, Fu Zhinian introduced her boyfriend, Pei He, whose sincerity left Chen Muyu uncertain about whether to accept him.

• Xie Muling told Fu Siyao he was willing to marry into her family, and she agreed to give their relationship a try.
• Fu Zhinian announced she was bringing her boyfriend home, and Su Wanqiao told Fu Huaiyan that Zhinian’s relationships in the plot had been troubled.
• Fu Huaiyan asked Su Wanqiao to assess Zhinian’s boyfriend, and she agreed in exchange for twenty million.
• Fu Yichu brought Sang Yu home, and Fu Siyao brought Xie Muling to meet Chen Muyu at the family gathering.
• Fu Zhinian arrived with Pei He, who told Chen Muyu he was serious about Zhinian and promised to treat her well.

The Fu Family learned from Su Wanqiao’s inner thoughts that Pei He had a sexually transmitted disease and a promiscuous past, making Fu Zhinian reconsider their relationship. Su Wanqiao then revealed that Jiang Ruoning planned to use Pei He to pressure his father into approving a contaminated development site, leaving Fu Huaiyan wary of the scheme.

• Su Wanqiao’s inner thoughts exposed Pei He’s past sexual behavior and STD, shocking the Fu Family and changing their view of him.
• Fu Zhinian believed Su Wanqiao and felt disgusted with Pei He, while the family restrained themselves from throwing him out to spare her embarrassment.
• Pei He continued describing his relationship with Fu Zhinian and asking her family for support, unaware of their changed opinions.
• Su Wanqiao revealed that Jiang Ruoning would use compromising photos of Pei He to force his father, Pei Hongfeng, to approve a polluted former chemical factory site.
• Fu Huaiyan considered how Pei He’s role in Jiang Ruoning’s plan connected to her recent investment from the Li Family.

After the Fu Family learned that Li Binyuan had invested in Jiang Ruoning’s potentially harmful real estate project, they reviewed evidence Fu Qingshu had obtained from undercover hires inside Jiang Ruoning’s studio. The family prepared to use the evidence against the project, while Fu Yuze shared news of his upcoming medical presentation.

• Fu Huaiyan decided the Fu Family should oppose Jiang Ruoning’s project and told his siblings to feign courtesy toward Pei He.
• At the family banquet, the Fu Family treated Xie Muling and Sang Yu warmly but kept Pei He at a distance.
• After the guests left, Fu Qingshu presented detailed plans and conflicting land inspection reports for Li Binyuan’s investment in the former Xijiaolin Chemical Plant site.
• Fu Qingshu explained that she had arranged for the four wealthy young ladies to place employees in Jiang Ruoning’s studio, where they copied the documents.
• Fu Yuze announced that he would present his new robot-assisted minimally invasive surgical technique at a medical symposium the following month, and his family congratulated him.

Fu Yuze learned that the original plot would leave him disgraced, crippled, and unable to practice medicine, so the Fu Family resolved to prevent their tragic endings. Fu Huaiyan urged them to trace the plot against Fu Yuze through his assistant and punish whoever was responsible.

• Fu Yuze replaced Jiang Ruoning as his emergency contact after learning she had been listed as the contact in the original plot.
• Su Wanqiao revealed that Gu Yubai would break Fu Yuze's hands and legs, prompting the family to compare their grim fates.
• Fu Huaiyan told the family to seize the initiative and protect one another as long as the Fu Family avoided bankruptcy.
• Fu Huaiyan stopped Fu Yuze from firing his assistant and told him to use the assistant to discover who had drugged him.

Fu Huaiyan explained his response to the theft of his company’s technology and helped Su Wanqiao investigate Pei He, uncovering evidence of Pei He’s sexual history and illnesses. Meanwhile, Jiang Ruoning searched for leverage to get the West Suburb Woods project approved and identified Pei He as a possible weakness of Secretary Pei.

• Fu Huaiyan told his family that Director Gao had sold confidential technology to competitors, so he had sent Gao to prison and prepared legal action against companies releasing identical headphones.
• Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao discussed finding evidence against Pei He, while Fu Huaiyan planned to pressure Pei Hongfeng and publicize the problems with Jiang Ruoning’s land project.
• Fu Huaiyan’s overseas subordinates uncovered evidence that Pei He attended group-sex parties and had tested positive for several sexually transmitted diseases, and Fu Huaiyan sent it anonymously to Pei Hongfeng.
• Jiang Ruoning and Gu Yubai grew anxious about losing Li Binyuan’s support and searched for a way to get the West Suburb Woods project approved.
• Jiang Ruoning found forum discussions about Pei He’s past assault and disreputable private life, and recognized him as a potential weakness of Secretary Pei.

Pei Hongfeng received an anonymous threat and agreed to expose the failed land tests at West Suburb Woods, bringing Jiang Ruoning and Gu Yubai’s scheme to light. Fu Huaiyan cut ties with them and rewarded Su Wanqiao with a luxury mall, then embraced her as their closeness stirred new warmth in her.

• Pei Hongfeng received evidence of his son’s private life and agreed to arrange a retest of West Suburb Woods and release the results to the media.
• Jiang Ruoning and Gu Yubai learned the land was being tested again, but Li Binyuan ignored their calls for help.
• Reporters witnessed the retest reveal heavy metal levels thousands of times higher than normal, and they confronted Jiang Ruoning and Gu Yubai about the falsified first report.
• Fu Huaiyan saw the scandal spread online, and the Li Family announced it was ending its cooperation with Jiang Ruoning and Gu Yubai.
• Fu Huaiyan gave Su Wanqiao a luxury mall, and he embraced her when her excitement did not turn into a hug.

Su Wanqiao received a luxury shopping mall from Fu Huaiyan, then tried to help Fu Yichu overcome his string of failures by suggesting a major investment deal. She proposed that Fu Yichu ask his single second brother to meet the investor, leaving Fu Yichu to wonder whether his brother would agree.

• Fu Huaiyan completed the paperwork transferring a South City luxury shopping center to Su Wanqiao, who celebrated her new asset.
• Fu Yichu met Su Wanqiao at the mall and explained that his repeated failures were making him feel defeated and criticized at work.
• Su Wanqiao told Fu Yichu that the plot was causing his bad luck and described a Hong Kong investor seeking a semiconductor partner with twenty billion yuan to invest.
• Fu Yichu refused to seduce the investor because he had a girlfriend, Sang Yu, and Su Wanqiao teased him about his feelings for her.
• Su Wanqiao suggested that Fu Yichu ask his handsome, mature, single second brother to meet the investor, and Fu Yichu questioned whether his brother would agree.

Fu Yichu persuaded Fu Yunqi to pursue Lin Shihua and secure her twenty-billion investment for the Fu Family. Su Wanqiao explained Lin Shihua’s interests and warned that Gu Yubai was too overwhelmed to court her for now, leaving Fu Yunqi a chance to act.

• Su Wanqiao left after telling Fu Yichu about Lin Shihua’s investment opportunity.
• Fu Yichu decided the Fu Family had to secure the investment before Gu Yubai could get it.
• Fu Yichu persuaded Fu Yunqi to meet Lin Shihua by offering to share the credit for the deal.
• Fu Yichu dressed Fu Yunqi in a refined style to appeal to Lin Shihua.
• Fu Yunqi called Su Wanqiao, who described Lin Shihua’s interests and said Gu Yubai was too busy to pursue her right now.

Fu Yunqi met Lin Shihua and quickly grew smitten with her, while Fu Yichu and the Fu Family joked about sending him to marry into her wealthy family. At a company dinner, Fu Yunqi protected Lin Shihua from other guests’ toasts, got drunk, and ended up leaning affectionately against her, leaving the other businessmen convinced they had lost her attention.

• Fu Yichu brought Fu Yunqi to meet Lin Shihua, and Fu Yunqi became flustered when she praised his acting.
• Fu Yichu told the Fu Family group chat that Fu Yunqi seemed bewitched by Lin Shihua, and the family approved of a possible marriage.
• Lin Shihua and Fu Yunqi bonded over his work while other company representatives tried to curry favor with her.
• Fu Yunqi drank on Lin Shihua’s behalf, and the other guests joined forces to get him drunk.
• After Fu Yunqi blacked out, he leaned against Lin Shihua and nuzzled her, while the other businessmen regretted failing to win her attention.

After Fu Yunqi got drunk at a gathering, Lin Shihua took him home despite Fu Yichu’s worries. Back with the Fu family, Fu Huaiyan teased Su Wanqiao after hearing her thoughts about his lack of romantic experience.

• Fu Yunqi clung to Lin Shihua and refused to leave with Fu Yichu, so Lin Shihua had her bodyguards take him to her car.
• Fu Yichu told the Fu family group chat that Lin Shihua had taken Fu Yunqi away, and the family worried about what might happen.
• Fu Huaiyan told the family that Fu Yunqi seemed willing to go with Lin Shihua and should take responsibility for his own choices.
• Fu Huaiyan heard Su Wanqiao think that he was an overage virgin and teased her by asking whether she wanted to test his abilities.
• Su Wanqiao’s thoughts turned suggestive despite her protests, and Fu Huaiyan laughed at her embarrassment.

Fu Yunqi woke in Lin Shihua’s hotel room with no memory of the night before and feared he had taken advantage of her. After he apologized and offered to take responsibility, Lin Shihua’s affection for him grew stronger because she valued his sincerity.

• Fu Yunqi woke naked in an unfamiliar hotel room, saw lipstick marks on his neck, and read Lin Shihua’s message saying he had been amazing the night before.
• Believing he might have wronged Lin Shihua while drunk, Fu Yunqi apologized by message and offered to take responsibility.
• Lin Shihua teased Fu Yunqi for calling her “Miss Lin” after addressing her as Shihua while drunk, then invited him to meet her at the restaurant.
• Fu Yunqi apologized repeatedly in person and offered to take responsibility for Lin Shihua.
• Lin Shihua recalled Fu Yunqi drinking for her and valued his sincerity, strengthening her favorable feelings toward him.

After Lin Shihua brought Fu Yunqi home, he proposed marrying her immediately, but she asked him to consider the demands of marrying into her family and leaving his acting career. Fu Yunqi agreed to prioritize his future wife and children, and Lin Shihua chose to observe him before deciding; the next day, the two appeared unusually close as they continued visiting business facilities together.

• Lin Shihua told Fu Yunqi he should take responsibility for what happened and asked how he intended to resolve it.
• Fu Yunqi proposed that they register their marriage that afternoon, but Lin Shihua suggested dating for six months first.
• Lin Shihua explained that he would have to marry into her family in Hong Kong and give up acting, and Fu Yunqi said he could leave acting or pursue another business while prioritizing his family.
• Lin Shihua told Fu Yunqi she admired him but wanted time to see more of his character before agreeing to marry him.
• The Fu Family was shocked by how close Lin Shihua and Fu Yunqi had become, while Fu Yichu wondered whether the plot was changing.
• Lin Shihua spent most of her time with Fu Yunqi and Fu Huaiyan touring factories, warehouses, production lines, and experimental facilities.

Fu Yunqi grew jealous when Gu Yubai tried to charm Lin Shihua, and he faked a medical emergency to prevent them from meeting. He asked Su Wanqiao for help, and she began considering how to use Gu Yubai’s uneven feelings for Jiang Ruoning to derail the plot.

• Gu Yubai appeared at the restaurant posing as a waiter and played "Marriage d'Amour" for Lin Shihua, making Fu Yunqi jealous.
• When Lin Shihua suggested greeting Gu Yubai, Fu Yunqi clutched his chest and asked to be taken to the hospital, where examinations found nothing wrong.
• Fu Yunqi returned to the Fu Family home and begged Su Wanqiao to keep Gu Yubai away from Lin Shihua, even suggesting that someone tie him up.
• Su Wanqiao warned Fu Yunqi not to commit a crime and asked whether Gu Yubai or Jiang Ruoning cared more about the other.
• Fu Yunqi said Jiang Ruoning loved Gu Yubai more and doubted Gu Yubai’s sincerity, prompting Su Wanqiao to smile at his changed attitude toward love.

Su Wanqiao advised Fu Yunqi to disrupt Gu Yubai and Jiang Ruoning’s relationship by winning Li Binyuan over to the Fu Family, and explained that Li Binyuan was a masochist. Fu Yunqi left to ask Fu Qingshu to take charge of the plan.

• Su Wanqiao told Fu Yunqi to make Gu Yubai worry about Jiang Ruoning by drawing Li Binyuan into the Fu Family’s camp.
• Su Wanqiao revealed that Li Binyuan liked being abused and suggested finding someone suited to dominate him.
• Su Wanqiao explained that Jiang Ruoning had gained Li Binyuan’s attachment by slapping him and exploiting his childhood wounds.
• Su Wanqiao suggested Fu Qingshu as the best candidate to take over Jiang Ruoning’s influence on Li Binyuan, and Fu Yunqi agreed.
• Fu Yunqi thanked Su Wanqiao with an offer of a luxury home and hurried to find Fu Qingshu at her job in a Fu Group subsidiary.

Fu Qingshu agreed to help Fu Yunqi draw Li Binyuan away from Jiang Ruoning, hoping to win the Li Family’s business and keep Gu Yubai from interfering with Yunqi’s relationship with Lin Shihua. She planned a dramatic encounter at a cocktail party, where she would use Li Binyuan’s sadistic interests to attract his attention.

• Fu Yunqi told Fu Qingshu that Li Binyuan was a sadist and asked her to approach him so Jiang Ruoning might lose her composure.
• Fu Qingshu agreed, and Fu Yunqi admitted that keeping Gu Yubai away from Lin Shihua was also part of his motive.
• Fu Qingshu learned Li Binyuan would attend a cocktail party and planned to stage a scene with a hired actor playing her betraying boyfriend.
• Fu Qingshu ordered BDSM equipment and explained her plan to Fu Yunqi, who reluctantly agreed to help.
• Fu Qingshu joined Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao at the business cocktail party and asked them to pretend not to know her there.

Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan planned to keep Gu Yubai from meeting the Zhang Wanhao Family and considered who could claim Zhang Wanhao’s favor instead. They settled on Xie Muling as a potential godson, with his marriage plans tying him to the Fu Family.

• Fu Qingshu left Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao after they agreed to support her pursuit of Li Binyuan.
• Su Wanqiao asked Fu Huaiyan about preventing Gu Yubai from attending the event, and he explained that he had arranged for Pei Hongfeng to shut down Gu Yubai’s studio.
• Su Wanqiao recalled that Gu Yubai was supposed to save Zhang Wanhao and become his godson, inheriting a third of the Zhang Family’s fortune.
• Fu Huaiyan suggested that Xie Muling become Zhang Wanhao’s godson and share the opportunity with the Fu Family.
• Su Wanqiao approved the idea because Xie Muling planned to marry into the Fu Family through Fu Siyao.

Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan planned a staged assassination and rescue to win Zhang Wanhao’s gratitude without risking Xie Muling’s life. Meanwhile, Fu Qingshu spotted Li Binyuan at the banquet and staged a violent lovers’ quarrel on the balcony, leaving him transfixed.

• Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan planned for Xie Muling to take a carefully controlled knife wound while they intercepted the real assassin and arranged security and medical care.
• Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan counted on the male and female leads being too busy with their companies to interfere in their plans.
• Fu Qingshu investigated Li Binyuan’s painful upbringing and decided she could use his attraction to pain to make him submit.
• Fu Qingshu spotted Li Binyuan at the banquet, and he soon withdrew to the second-floor balcony with his assistant and staff.
• Li Binyuan sent his entourage away after finding Fu Qingshu striking her kneeling boyfriend in a staged cheating dispute, and he remained rooted to the spot.