Chapter Summaries

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.

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.