Chapter Summaries

After learning that Fu Qingshu was in danger at a bar and destined to be sold into the mountains by Gu Yubai, Fu Huaiyan rushed to rescue her and vowed to overturn the Fu Family’s tragic fates. He and Su Wanqiao reached the bar, where Fu Siyao had already arrived with bodyguards, but Qingshu’s whereabouts remained unresolved.

• Su Wanqiao told Fu Huaiyan that Fu Qingshu and her friends were surrounded by thugs at a bar, and warned that Gu Yubai would exploit the situation to make Qingshu fall for him.
• Fu Huaiyan learned that Gu Yubai would eventually sell Qingshu into the mountains and resolved to protect his family and take the opportunities meant for the leads.
• Su Wanqiao thought the plot had forced Qingshu into a late-night bar outing so Gu Yubai could play the hero, and Fu Huaiyan worried that his siblings were being controlled by the story.
• Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao changed clothes, held hands on the way, and hurried to the bar address Fu Siyao had sent.
• Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao arrived to find Fu Siyao already there with bodyguards, while Qingshu had strangely come without her own protection.

Fu Siyao arrived at the bar and rescued Fu Qingshu and her friends from the thugs, then ordered her bodyguards to punish them. Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao arrived as the bodyguards were still beating the restrained men.

• Gu Yubai stood between the thugs and the frightened women, promising to protect them.
• Fu Siyao arrived with trained bodyguards, who quickly subdued the thugs and forced them to their knees.
• Fu Siyao called Fu Qingshu over and scolded her for going out drinking without a bodyguard.
• Fu Siyao ordered her bodyguards to slap the thugs, and they beat them while Fu Qingshu watched in shock.
• Fu Huaiyan and Su Wanqiao hurried over and saw the bodyguards slapping one of the restrained thugs.

Fu Huaiyan and Fu Siyao rescued Fu Qingshu from thugs and reprimanded her for going out without bodyguards. After hearing Su Wanqiao’s inner thoughts about the plot and Gu Yubai, Fu Qingshu grew afraid and wary of him, while Fu Siyao resolved to protect her sister.

• Fu Huaiyan learned Fu Siyao had handled the thugs and scolded Fu Qingshu for going out drinking without bodyguards.
• Su Wanqiao urged Fu Huaiyan to stop scolding Fu Qingshu, while her inner thoughts warned that the plot might be controlling Fu Qingshu and that Gu Yubai could cause her death.
• Fu Qingshu recalled that Gu Yubai had seemed to save her, but became frightened and suspicious after hearing Su Wanqiao’s thoughts.
• Fu Siyao realized Gu Yubai was the male lead and resolved to prevent him from harming Fu Qingshu.
• Gu Yubai recognized Fu Qingshu as part of the Fu Family and privately grew disgusted with her and her relatives.

Fu Qingshu realized that the plot could push her into betraying her family for Gu Yubai, and she feared she might repeat the actions that led to Fu Huaiyan’s death. After Gu Yubai rejected her friends’ thanks, she confronted them for overlooking Fu Siyao, who had arranged their rescue.

• Fu Qingshu’s wealthy friends asked Gu Yubai for his number, but he refused and said Fu Siyao deserved their thanks.
• Su Wanqiao’s thoughts revealed that Fu Qingshu had betrayed her friends’ business secrets in the plot and later helped frame Fu Huaiyan, contributing to his death.
• Fu Huaiyan and his siblings feared the car-borrowing incident would still happen, while Fu Qingshu realized she might have fallen for Gu Yubai if he had rescued her.
• Fu Qingshu rebuked her friends for thanking Gu Yubai more warmly than Fu Siyao, who had sent bodyguards to save them.
• Fu Qingshu told the young women they owed her a favor because Fu Siyao had come to save her.

After Fu Qingshu rejected Gu Yubai and decided to take control of the plot, the rescued young ladies and their parents visited the Fu Family to offer thanks and discuss cooperation. When marriage alliances came up, Fu Huaiyan proposed that the Fu Family would only consider a man marrying into the family, leaving the guests uncertain and Su Wanqiao wondering how he had echoed her thoughts.

• Fu Qingshu warned her wealthy young lady friends to remember their debt to the Fu Family, and Gu Yubai left in anger.
• On the way home, Fu Qingshu decided to control the plot and use it to eliminate dangers to herself and her family.
• The next day, the young ladies and their parents visited the Fu Family with gifts to express thanks and seek business ties.
• Fu Qingshu invited the young ladies upstairs while their parents discussed cooperation and marriage alliances with Fu Huaiyan, Su Wanqiao, and Fu Siyao.
• After Su Wanqiao wondered whether Siyao could have a man marry into her family, Fu Huaiyan proposed that the Fu Family would only consider a son-in-law who married into it.
• The visiting parents hesitated over Fu Huaiyan's proposal, while Su Wanqiao wondered whether he could read her thoughts.

Su Wanqiao uncovered secrets about the wealthy families, including that Madam Wang’s three sons were fathered by President Sun, and Fu Huaiyan used the revelation to unsettle President Wang. The chapter ended with President Wang privately questioning his sons’ parentage while hiding his suspicions from the guests.

• Su Wanqiao studied the guests and recalled that Gu Yubai would exploit feuds between the Wang and Sun Families, while the Li Family would help him destroy the Liu Family.
• Su Wanqiao thought the Liu Family could become an ally and weapon for the Fu Family by having their son marry into the family.
• As the guests were leaving, Fu Huaiyan remarked that President Wang’s sons looked more like President Sun than their supposed father.
• Madam Wang called Fu Huaiyan’s remark an inappropriate joke, while President Sun stayed silent and President Wang grew cold and suspicious.
• President Wang compared the men’s features and realized his three sons resembled President Sun, but he kept his doubts to himself.

Fu Qingshu recruited the Wang, Li, Sun, and Liu heiresses to spy on Gu Yubai, while Su Wanqiao confronted Fu Huaiyan about his uncanny guesses. Fu Huaiyan admitted he had been reading her thoughts for about a month, leaving her mortified over everything she had thought about him and the Fu Family.

• Fu Qingshu persuaded the four heiresses to secretly report Gu Yubai’s work and daily activities to her.
• After the guests left, Su Wanqiao dragged Fu Huaiyan to their bedroom to ask whether he could read her thoughts.
• Fu Huaiyan admitted that her thoughts appeared above her head as text and that he had been seeing them for about a month.
• Su Wanqiao realized the Fu Family had learned plot details from her thoughts and became embarrassed over her private judgments and plans.

Su Wanqiao told Fu Huaiyan that the Fu Family could read her thoughts and revealed that his original fate was to die in a deliberate plane crash. Fu Huaiyan resolved to change the plot and considered arranging a marriage alliance for Fu Yichu, but learning that Fu Yichu would eventually be killed left him distressed; Su Wanqiao reassured him that they could still change what happened.

• Fu Huaiyan explained that everyone in the Fu Family could see Su Wanqiao’s thoughts, while outsiders could not, and told her she could leave to keep her thoughts private.
• Su Wanqiao demanded twenty million yuan to reveal Fu Huaiyan’s fate, and Fu Huaiyan immediately gave her a check.
• Su Wanqiao told Fu Huaiyan that he would die in a man-made plane crash that killed more than two hundred people.
• Fu Huaiyan decided he should arrange a marriage alliance for Fu Yichu to keep him occupied and away from the male lead’s storyline.
• Su Wanqiao’s thoughts revealed that Fu Yichu would later turn against Gu Yubai and be killed, leaving Fu Huaiyan heartbroken.
• Su Wanqiao reassured Fu Huaiyan that they could change the original plot and prevent those events from happening.

Su Wanqiao warned Fu Huaiyan about future dangers and helped him turn the Wang and Sun families against each other, allowing him to acquire their businesses. As Fu Qingshu struggled with her new job, Fu Siyao invited Su Wanqiao to invest in Han Yichen’s biotech company, and she agreed.

• Su Wanqiao reassured Fu Huaiyan that she could warn the Fu Family about coming tragedies, while Fu Huaiyan planned to arrange marriages for Fu Yichu and send Fu Qingshu to work undercover at a cutthroat company.
• Su Wanqiao suggested Fu Huaiyan pit the Wang and Sun families against each other, and he arranged for paparazzi to watch them.
• President Wang tested his children’s parentage, and news of Madam Wang’s affair with President Sun and the three sons’ paternity spread across the internet.
• President Wang expelled Madam Wang and the three sons, then fought the Sun Family; Fu Huaiyan bought shares in both companies as their businesses and stock prices suffered.
• President Wang asked Fu Huaiyan to acquire his company, and Fu Huaiyan took it over while leaving President Wang in charge; Fu Qingshu enjoyed the daughters’ newfound deference but struggled with her job.
• Fu Siyao invited Su Wanqiao to invest with her in a biotech company for Han Yichen, and Su Wanqiao agreed.

Su Wanqiao and Fu Siyao founded Jiuyi Biotech with Han Yichen, then crossed paths with Xie Muling, who was unsure whether Fu Siyao liked him. At home, Su Wanqiao identified Sang Yu as a devoted figure in Fu Yichu’s future, and Fu Huaiyan decided to arrange their blind date before she warned him about Sang Yu’s family.

• Su Wanqiao and Fu Siyao invested a combined nine hundred million in Han Yichen’s company, Jiuyi Biotech, and celebrated with his technical staff.
• Xie Muling saw Fu Siyao chatting with Han Yichen at a restaurant, then greeted her when she came over before leaving; Su Wanqiao’s thoughts about the pair made Fu Siyao blush.
• Fu Huaiyan showed Su Wanqiao profiles of potential marriage matches for Fu Yichu, and she recognized Sang Yu as the girl who would support the Fu Family and care for Fu Yichu after his death.
• Fu Huaiyan decided to arrange a blind date between Fu Yichu and Sang Yu, but Su Wanqiao warned that Sang Yu’s family was complicated.

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.