Recaps

Fu Qingshu staged a scene of punishment that stirred unfamiliar desires in Li Binyuan, then tested his reaction by striking and scratching him. Li Binyuan admitted that he enjoyed it, though he still felt ashamed and conflicted.

• Fu Qingshu acted out a breakup by slapping and stepping on an actor, while Li Binyuan watched with growing fascination.
• Fu Qingshu confronted Li Binyuan and blocked him when he tried to leave.
• Fu Qingshu gently slapped Li Binyuan, and he discovered that the sensation brought him pleasure and made him crave more.
• Fu Qingshu asked whether he liked being treated that way, then scratched his neck until red marks appeared.
• Li Binyuan felt compelled to agree, even as he struggled with embarrassment and uncertainty.

Fu Qingshu staged an SM encounter to awaken Li Binyuan’s desire, then left him her contact information. As she and Fu Yunqi discussed what to do next, Li Binyuan called her.

• Fu Qingshu ordered Li Binyuan to squat and unbutton his shirt, then used a stun baton on him and wrote her name and phone number on his chest with lipstick.
• Fu Qingshu left Li Binyuan dazed on the balcony and told him to call her when he got back.
• Fu Qingshu told Fu Yunqi that she expected Li Binyuan to contact her, while Fu Yunqi worried about whether their plan would work.
• Fu Qingshu asked Fu Yunqi to send her bondage and wax-play supplies to the Fu Family’s love hotel, and he warned her not to go too far.
• Fu Qingshu’s phone rang with an unfamiliar number, and she recognized Li Binyuan’s faint panting on the line.

Fu Qingshu learned about the poisoning of Chairman Li and planned to use the incident to win Li Binyuan’s loyalty. Meanwhile, Fu Huaiyan and Fu Siyao persuaded Xie Muling to help save Zhang Wanhao, leaving Xie wary but considering the deal.

• Fu Qingshu asked Su Wanqiao about Li Binyuan’s future troubles, and Su Wanqiao recalled that Chairman Li would be poisoned and Li Binyuan framed by his older brother.
• Fu Qingshu thanked Su Wanqiao with an expensive jadeite set and decided to take Jiang Ruoning’s place in resolving the poisoning incident.
• Fu Huaiyan and Fu Siyao told Xie Muling that Zhang Wanhao would face an assassination attempt and that saving him could earn Xie Muling his gratitude and a share of the Zhang Family’s assets.
• Xie Muling questioned why Fu Huaiyan was offering him the opportunity, and Fu Huaiyan explained the Fu Family’s bad blood with the Zhang Family and proposed splitting the proceeds equally.

Fu Huaiyan’s staged shooting successfully made Zhang Wanhao believe Xie Muling had saved his life. Su Wanqiao then realized zerio Pharmaceuticals’ researchers might be crucial to stopping a deadly Type fa1 Virus outbreak, and Fu Huaiyan prepared to recruit them.

• Fu Siyao persuaded Xie Muling to agree to Fu Huaiyan’s request and take part in the staged assassination attempt.
• Fu Huaiyan arranged the shooting at Zhang Wanhao’s event, where Xie Muling took a bullet meant for Zhang.
• Zhang Wanhao ordered his people to secure the best treatment for Xie Muling, and Fu Huaiyan learned the plan had succeeded.
• Su Wanqiao recognized that zerio Pharmaceuticals’ researchers had developed a way to control the Type fa1 Virus and thought Fu Huaiyan should recruit them before the company failed.
• Fu Huaiyan realized he had a responsibility to develop the vaccine quickly and stood to arrange the researchers’ recruitment.

Fu Huaiyan learned from Su Wanqiao when the epidemic was expected and how Gu Yubai had obtained the vaccine breakthrough in the original plot. He arranged to acquire zerio Pharmaceuticals and committed to reducing the epidemic’s toll, leaving Su Wanqiao impressed by his change from the original storyline.

• Fu Huaiyan noticed Su Wanqiao’s thoughts that he had died in the original plot and that the Fu Family had failed to respond to the epidemic.
• Fu Huaiyan resolved to reduce infections, severe cases, and deaths, then asked Su Wanqiao when the epidemic would break out.
• Su Wanqiao estimated the outbreak would begin around September the following year and explained how zerio Pharmaceuticals’ prior research could lead to a vaccine for the FA1 Virus.
• Fu Huaiyan said he had already arranged to acquire zerio Pharmaceuticals and wanted to save lives rather than pursue profit or power.
• Su Wanqiao thought Fu Huaiyan had become unexpectedly kindhearted, while he silently insisted he had always been kind.

Fu Huaiyan explained that he planned to use his gains to fund vaccine research, treatments, and medical supplies, while Su Wanqiao agreed to alert him if new opportunities arose. Jiang Ruoning went to confront Li Binyuan and found him with Fu Qingshu, leaving her shocked by the Fu Family’s involvement.

• Fu Huaiyan told Su Wanqiao that he would use his money to support epidemic research and asked her to tell him if another opportunity appeared.
• Su Wanqiao agreed to alert Fu Huaiyan if a plot event triggered, and the couple reaffirmed their shared resolve.
• Jiang Ruoning insisted on seeing Li Binyuan after he had ignored her for over half a month and waited more than two hours at his company.
• Fu Qingshu had Jiang Ruoning brought upstairs, where Jiang found her sitting on Li Binyuan’s lap and saw that he was not in a meeting.
• Jiang Ruoning recognized Fu Qingshu and was shocked that Li Binyuan had become involved with another member of the Fu Family.

Jiang Ruoning confronted Li Binyuan over his sudden rejection, but he dismissed her and reaffirmed his interest in Fu Qingshu. The next day, as Li Binyuan went to meet Fu Qingshu in secret, Jiang Ruoning intercepted him and pleaded with him not to trust Fu Qingshu.

• Jiang Ruoning accused Li Binyuan of ignoring her because of Fu Qingshu, but he told her she had no right to question him and warned her to stop visiting his company.
• Jiang Ruoning left Li Binyuan's office in tears, while Fu Qingshu wondered whether the male and female lead halos were weakening.
• Li Binyuan told Fu Qingshu he had seen through Jiang Ruoning's motives, and Fu Qingshu arranged to meet him the next night for a secret date.
• The next day, Jiang Ruoning stopped Li Binyuan as he headed to the Fu Family's hotel and begged him not to trust Fu Qingshu.

Fu Qingshu used surveillance footage of Jiang Ruoning's outburst to plan to provoke Gu Yubai, then began a BDSM session with Li Binyuan in their hotel room. The scene ended as she introduced ice play alongside candle wax.

• Li Binyuan rejected Jiang Ruoning and left her behind, while Fu Qingshu's bodyguards drove her from the hotel and cameras recorded her tantrum.
• Fu Qingshu learned what had happened and decided to send the footage to Gu Yubai to provoke him.
• Li Binyuan returned to Fu Qingshu's room, changed into the revealing outfit she gave him, and begged her to punish him.
• Fu Qingshu blindfolded Li Binyuan, put a ball gag in his mouth, and led him across the room before whipping him with a custom-made whip.
• Fu Qingshu stopped using the whip and began rubbing an ice cube over Li Binyuan's skin as part of her ice-and-fire game.

Fu Qingshu and Li Binyuan spent a day together at the hotel, then she warned him that someone would poison the congee he was to prepare for Old Master Li’s birthday banquet and frame him. Li Binyuan listened in surprise as she revealed the coming plot against him.

• Fu Qingshu poured hot wax over Li Binyuan, giving him the intense sensation he enjoyed.
• Fu Qingshu learned that Li Binyuan would be framed for poisoning Old Master Li at his birthday banquet, a crime Li Cheng would actually commit.
• Fu Qingshu decided to warn Li Binyuan about Li Cheng before the poisoning plot unfolded.
• Fu Qingshu told Li Binyuan that someone would poison the congee he prepared and frame him for trying to kill his grandfather.
• Li Binyuan looked startled but listened quietly instead of asking how Fu Qingshu knew.

Fu Qingshu warned Li Binyuan that Li Cheng planned to poison Grandpa Li and seize the Li Family fortune, while Fu Yuze avoided another plot-related mishap. Fu Yunqi and Lin Shihua’s relationship was exposed, leaving Fu Yunqi facing backlash and a major loss of fans.

• Fu Qingshu told Li Binyuan that Li Cheng was behind a planned poisoning and intended to inherit the Li Family fortune, and Li Binyuan agreed to investigate.
• Li Binyuan considered how he could use the anticipated poisoning incident to benefit himself and gain his grandfather’s trust.
• Fu Yuze reflected that he had avoided the attempt to switch his presentation paper, and believed no further trouble would affect him.
• Fu Yunqi and Lin Shihua were photographed together after filming wrapped, and their relationship was exposed online.
• Fu Yunqi lost a quarter of his fans amid hostile media coverage, but refused to hide his relationship with Lin Shihua.

Fu Yunqi handled the fallout from his relationship with Lin Shihua, while Jiang Ruoning was blocked by him and then confronted by Gu Yubai over a video showing her embracing Li Binyuan. Jiang Ruoning blamed Fu Qingshu for sending the footage, and Gu Yubai grew more hostile toward the Fu Family.

• Fu Yunqi felt responsible for the slander targeting Lin Shihua and moved to address the public relations problems.
• Jiang Ruoning messaged Fu Yunqi to accuse him of letting Lin Shihua keep him, then discovered he had blocked her.
• Gu Yubai called Jiang Ruoning and challenged her about pursuing Li Binyuan instead of discussing business with him.
• Gu Yubai sent Jiang Ruoning a video that appeared to show her embracing Li Binyuan in a hotel parking lot.
• Jiang Ruoning blamed Fu Qingshu for sending the video to drive a wedge between her and Gu Yubai.
• Gu Yubai believed the Fu Family had repeatedly targeted him and Jiang Ruoning, and resolved to settle the score when he had enough influence.

Gu Yubai believed Jiang Ruoning’s explanation for the video and searched for ways to rescue his company, while a client revealed a promising opportunity in zerio Pharmaceuticals. Unbeknownst to him, Fu Huaiyan had already secretly acquired the struggling company.

• Jiang Ruoning told Gu Yubai that her closeness with Li Binyuan had been misrepresented, and Gu Yubai accepted her explanation despite lingering doubts.
• Gu Yubai decided the Fu Family was obstructing his ambitions and arranged meetings with Gu Group’s longtime clients to find new funding.
• A pharmaceutical company owner told Gu Yubai that zerio Pharmaceuticals had valuable influenza research and vaccine patents, but Gu Yubai lacked the money to acquire it.
• Fu Huaiyan secretly acquired zerio Pharmaceuticals before others could make an offer, keeping the deal quiet.

Fu Yuze learned that his improved abdominal surgery was being challenged because it had no successful cases, so Su Wanqiao told him that the plot’s patient was Yan Qiuran, a movie star with a stage IV abdominal tumor. At a business banquet, Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao prepared to compete for zerio and learned that Song Sihan’s company was also pursuing it; Su Wanqiao recalled Song’s illegal human experiments and eventual downfall.

• Fu Yuze visited Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao for help finding a patient for his improved abdominal surgery after hearing that people had formally questioned whether it could work.
• Su Wanqiao recalled that Yan Qiuran, a movie star with a stage IV abdominal tumor, was the patient connected to the surgery in the plot and warned that Fu Yuze had previously lost credit for the operation.
• Fu Yuze decided to find Yan Qiuran and get her treated before the male and female leads could take credit for his surgery.
• Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao went to a business banquet to meet zerio’s representative and Dr. Luo Kangsen as they prepared to accelerate vaccine research ahead of the coming epidemic.
• Fu Huaiyan told Su Wanqiao that Songling Biotechnology, led by Song Sihan, was competing for zerio.
• Su Wanqiao recalled that Song Sihan had conducted illegal human experiments to find kidneys for his younger sister and that the male and female leads would later expose his crimes and send him to prison.

Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao decided to use her spoilers to bring down Song Sihan’s illegal human experiments, beginning with his sister, Song Ying. Meanwhile, Fu Huaiyan’s acquisition of zerio Pharmaceuticals proceeded, and he secured Dr. Luo’s support for the new influenza vaccine.

• Fu Huaiyan realized he had a responsibility to stop Song Sihan’s illegal business and learned from Su Wanqiao’s thoughts that Song Ying could provide an opening.
• Su Wanqiao planned to meet Song Ying, while Fu Huaiyan agreed to watch for public events she would attend.
• Fu Huaiyan’s offer for zerio Pharmaceuticals remained the strongest, and its team was set to merge with the Fu Family’s pharmaceutical company.
• Fu Huaiyan noted that the Fu Group had sidelined its internal moles and strengthened its staff, leaving it better positioned to support vaccine research.
• Fu Huaiyan met Dr. Luo privately to discuss the novel influenza vaccine, and Dr. Luo was excited to receive support for a project other companies had rejected.

Fu Huaiyan backed Dr. Luo’s flu-vaccine research, while Su Wanqiao went to the Bai Family birthday banquet to protect Song Ying. Su Wanqiao stopped a group of young ladies from humiliating Song Ying, and the Bai Family’s daughter arrived to identify her as Song Sihan’s younger sister.

• Fu Huaiyan signed a contract with Dr. Luo, who expected a research breakthrough in three months.
• Su Wanqiao learned that Song Ying had likely been bullied at the Bai Family birthday banquet and decided to attend with Fu Huaiyan.
• Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan discovered Jiang Ruoning at the banquet, where she was trying to find business clients.
• A group of young ladies insulted Song Ying, and one raised a glass of wine to splash her.
• Su Wanqiao stepped in front of Song Ying, let the wine spill over her dress, and demanded that the bully apologize to Song Ying.
• The Bai Family’s daughter introduced Song Ying, revealing that she was Song Sihan’s younger sister and startling the guests.

Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan left the banquet after she helped Song Ying, then shared an intimate, teasing moment while she changed out of her stained dress. Fu Huaiyan turned the conversation to the coming FA1 outbreak, asking how they could limit infections without revealing their knowledge of the future.

• Su Wanqiao reassured Song Ying after helping her, and Song Sihan arrived and took his sister away without thanking Su Wanqiao or Fu Huaiyan.
• Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan returned home, where she asked him to help remove her wine-stained dress.
• Fu Huaiyan helped Su Wanqiao change, and she teased him about looking at her and searched how to give up lust.
• Fu Huaiyan reminded Su Wanqiao that the FA1 Influenza Virus would cause a severe outbreak next year and asked how they could reduce infections without exposing their foreknowledge.
• Su Wanqiao considered that developing a vaccine early might prevent deaths but would not stop people from becoming infected.

Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan planned ways to limit the damage from the coming epidemic by expanding the Fu Family’s pharmaceutical business, preparing hospitals, and promoting disease prevention. Su Wanqiao recalled the illegal practices and evidence that Gu Yubai had used to dominate the medical industry in the original story, leaving her with knowledge that could guide the Fu Family’s next moves.

• Su Wanqiao advised Fu Huaiyan to control medicine supplies and prices, expand hospital capacity, and educate the public about disease prevention.
• Fu Huaiyan agreed to build the Fu Family into the country’s leading pharmaceutical group and said he would run for a seat in the People’s Congress.
• Fu Huaiyan asked Su Wanqiao to recommend lawbreakers whose companies the Fu Family could acquire, leaving her speechless at his shortcut.
• Su Wanqiao remembered that Gu Yubai had used tax violations and other evidence to suppress and acquire pharmaceutical and medical-supply companies.
• Su Wanqiao recalled Gu Yubai’s investigations into counterfeit masks and exorbitantly priced medicines, which had helped him dominate the medical equipment and protective-supplies industries.
• Su Wanqiao realized that the Fu Family’s actions had disrupted Gu Yubai’s original opportunities, but she still remembered the evidence and inside information behind his acquisitions.

Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan planned for the coming pandemic, and Fu Huaiyan received news of a major breakthrough in a flu treatment. Meanwhile, Fu Yuze tried to persuade actress Yan Qiuran to get treatment for her tumor, but she refused to believe his diagnosis and returned to work.

• Su Wanqiao recalled pandemic supply shortages and warned Fu Huaiyan about unsafe protective gear and overpriced medicines.
• Fu Huaiyan focused on developing a specific flu treatment and learned that Dr. Luo's team had resumed vaccine research.
• Fu Huaiyan received news that a new treatment worked against 99% of flu viruses and was especially effective against most strains.
• Fu Yuze went to Hengdian to warn Yan Qiuran that she had a malignant tumor, but she doubted him and said she would get checked after filming.
• Fu Yuze used Fu Family connections to enter the set, hoping to operate on Yan Qiuran before Jiang Ruoning could save her.

Yan Qiuran collapsed on set and was taken to the hospital, where scans revealed an advanced abdominal tumor requiring immediate surgery. Fu Yuze asked to lead the operation, but Li Feng summoned renowned specialists who warned him against using Fu Yuze’s untested procedure.

• Fu Yuze urged Yan Qiuran to have surgery, and she agreed to get examined after filming.
• Yan Qiuran collapsed in pain on set, and Fu Yuze gave her first aid and arranged an ambulance.
• Jiang Ruoning accompanied Yan Qiuran to the hospital but had no chance to approach her financial backer, Li Feng.
• Fu Yuze reviewed Yan Qiuran’s CT scan and told Li Feng she needed immediate surgery, asking to be the lead surgeon.
• Li Feng summoned Sun Qingshan, Tian Wenli, and Qiu Hanshu, who warned him that Fu Yuze’s modified procedure had never been performed and was too risky.

Fu Yuze performed his modified abdominal surgery on Yan Qiuran successfully, earning widespread recognition. Five months later, Fu Zhinian returned from Country Y with symptoms that suggested infection with the FN1 Virus, while Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan prepared for the looming outbreak.

• Li Feng chose Fu Yuze to operate on Yan Qiuran after learning that traditional surgery could not meet her demand for no scars.
• Fu Yuze successfully completed the modified abdominal surgery, and the procedure brought him fame across the medical world.
• Five months later, Fu Zhinian returned from abroad with a high fever and other symptoms, and her housekeeper took her to the hospital.
• The hospital found that Fu Zhinian was likely infected with FN1 Virus Subtype, though it could not identify the strain.
• Su Wanqiao recalled that the virus would mutate and trigger a devastating outbreak, while Fu Huaiyan had secretly acquired several major medical groups with her help.

Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao’s preparations helped the country withstand an early outbreak of FN1 Flu, while Fu Family Pharmaceuticals’ NK625c treated infected people and the couple donated most of their epidemic profits. The chapter ends with Gu Yubai and Jiang Ruoning arrested for producing counterfeit drugs and medical supplies, including fake versions of NK625c.

• Fu Huaiyan proposed expanding public education and government oversight for infectious-disease prevention, and Fu Zhinian recovered from FN1 Flu after treatment with a specific drug.
• Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao arranged protective supplies, while Fu Yunqi, Lin Shihua, Li Binyuan, Fu Yichu, and Xie Muling helped promote prevention or produce medical supplies.
• The virus broke out two months later, but prepared hospitals, vaccines, and NK625c kept infections manageable and prevented deaths.
• Fu Family Pharmaceuticals’ stock soared, and Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao donated over ten billion to public causes rather than keeping most of their epidemic profits.
• Gu Yubai and Jiang Ruoning were arrested for producing counterfeit and substandard drugs and medical supplies, including more than two billion worth of fake versions of the Fu Family’s specific drug.

Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan saw that the male and female leads would likely spend the rest of their lives in prison. They wondered whether the Fu Family's mind-reading ability had quietly set fate in motion.

• Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan read the news about the male and female leads.
• Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan sighed at how the two leads had ended up.
• Su Wanqiao and Fu Huaiyan reflected that fate may have started changing when the Fu Family members awakened their mind-reading ability.