Recaps

He Cheng failed to persuade Yang Manhui to spare him, and the scandal rapidly destroyed his public image and professional support. As advertisers cut ties and his team abandoned him, Meng Xiaoya tried unsuccessfully to defend him.

• He Cheng begged Yang Manhui to let him off, but she rejected him and drove away before he could stop her.
• Online topics about He Cheng's cheating, coming out, and entitled behavior spread widely, and many fans abandoned him.
• Advertisers terminated their contracts with He Cheng, and some companies sued him.
• He Cheng pressured his PR team to find a solution, but staff resigned and his manager began contacting other artists as the agency prepared to shelve him.
• Meng Xiaoya tried to plead with the agency boss and defend He Cheng online, but security removed her and netizens mocked her.

He Cheng blamed Meng Xiaoya for his downfall and sought powerful backing to keep his role in Kunlun Duel. Meanwhile, Ye Jin and Huo Yun established Cloud Brocade Entertainment, and Ye Jin saw the troubled drama as a promising investment opportunity.

• He Cheng accused Meng Xiaoya of ruining his career, then left to seek help from a powerful investor so he could remain in Kunlun Duel.
• Yang Manhui stayed silent while public attention focused on He Cheng, and Ye Jin watched his downfall as filming halted and the production searched for a new male lead and investors.
• Huo Yun accepted Ye Jin's proposal, resigned, and established Cloud Brocade Entertainment with a new team.
• Ye Jin recalled that Kunlun Duel had become a major hit and decided the new company should consider investing in it despite He Cheng's scandal.

Ye Jin persuaded Huo Yun to consider investing in Kunlun Duel despite the risks caused by He Cheng’s scandal. After learning that Star Universe Film and Television was pushing to keep He Cheng as the male lead, Ye Jin identified its president Yan Haoqian’s connection to him and proposed persuading the largest investor, Fruit Video, to reject He Cheng.

• Ye Jin acknowledged the risks of Kunlun Duel but argued that its strong IP and potential returns made it worth considering.
• Huo Yun agreed to contact the drama’s investors about investing, while recognizing that the project needed a new male lead to resume filming.
• Star Universe Film and Television urged the other investors to keep He Cheng as the male lead and avoid costly reshoots.
• Ye Jin discovered that Star Universe Film and Television president Yan Haoqian was He Cheng’s fan and longtime supporter.
• Huo Yun warned that her company could not outbid Star Universe, and Ye Jin said they should win over the other investors, especially Fruit Video.

Ye Jin and Huo Yun negotiated with Fruit Video over investing in Kunlun Duel, insisting that the drama replace He Cheng to reduce its losses. Their talks were interrupted when President Fu Ruiming burst in carrying Xiao Rui and accused Xu Yan of humiliating her with money.

• Ye Jin and Huo Yun met He Tu at Fruit Video to discuss investing in Kunlun Duel.
• Ye Jin rejected Star Universe Entertainment's plan to keep He Cheng and said Cloud Brocade Entertainment would not invest unless he was replaced.
• He Tu consulted his superior, and Xu Yan, Fruit Video's senior vice president and Fu Ruiming's wife, took over the negotiations.
• Ye Jin and Xu Yan negotiated for about half an hour without Ye Jin gaining an advantage.
• Fu Ruiming kicked open the conference room door carrying Xiao Rui and angrily accused Xu Yan of using money to humiliate her.

Ye Jin recognized Fu Ruiming and Xu Yan as characters in a novel and recalled how Fu would abuse Ling Xiao Rui, then ruin Xu Yan’s family after she tried to end their affair. Xu Yan overheard Ye Jin’s unspoken thoughts and began to suspect she could hear them.

• Xu Yan calmly offered Fu Ruiming leftover coffee and suggested they talk things over.
• Ye Jin recognized the situation as resembling the novel Domineering CEO's Forced Love and recalled Fu Ruiming and Ling Xiao Rui’s abusive romance.
• Ye Jin remembered that Xu Yan had offered Ling Xiao Rui twenty million to leave Fu, after which Fu would destroy the Xu Family and force Xu Yan into a desperate marriage.
• Xu Yan noticed Ye Jin’s thoughts about the novel despite Ye Jin not speaking aloud.
• Xu Yan regained her composure and guessed that she could hear Ye Jin’s thoughts.

Xu Yan reconsidered her marriage to Fu Ruiming after learning that she was supposedly a vicious supporting character in a novel, and decided to protect her interests rather than cling to the relationship. When Fu Ruiming demanded that she apologize to Ling Xiao Rui and agree to divorce, Xu Yan calmly warned that ending their marriage required both families’ consent and could hurt Fruit Video.

• Xu Yan recalled how her marriage alliance with Fu Ruiming had helped her leave the Xu Group and build her own company while their families benefited from their partnership.
• After Fu Ruiming demanded a divorce, Xu Yan discovered he was keeping actress Ling Xiao Rui and tried to pay her to leave, but Ling Xiao Rui refused and claimed she loved him.
• Xu Yan learned from Ye Jin that the events supposedly matched a novel’s plot, including her future ruin, and inwardly condemned Fu Ruiming’s behavior.
• Fu Ruiming demanded that Xu Yan apologize to Ling Xiao Rui and agree to divorce in exchange for a larger settlement.
• Xu Yan decided to use the divorce to secure benefits and reminded Fu Ruiming that both families had to agree and that the split could affect Fruit Video.

Xu Yan rebuffed Fu Ruiming’s demand that she apologize to Ling Xiao Rui and then resumed the Fruit Video collaboration negotiations, which went smoothly. She escorted Ye Jin and her companion out, leaving Ye Jin feeling sympathetic toward her.

• Fu Ruiming dismissed Xu Yan’s warnings, insisted he would seek his parents’ approval for a divorce, and demanded she apologize to Ling Xiao Rui.
• Xu Yan pointed out that Fu Ruiming, not she, had coerced and threatened Ling Xiao Rui, and Fu Ruiming stormed out with Ling Xiao Rui.
• Xu Yan restarted the meeting and told Ye Jin she preferred avoiding the risky actor He Cheng, helping the parties settle the broad terms of their collaboration.
• Xu Yan escorted Ye Jin and her companion from the building, and Ye Jin grew more sympathetic toward her.

Xu Yan agreed to investigate Fu Ruiming and pursue legal action, while Ye Jin and Huo Yun struggled to restart their project with a new male lead. After Star Universe Entertainment attacked their chosen actor Zhou Yue, a video appeared online that appeared to show He Cheng being subjected to casting-couch rules by a Star Universe executive.

• Ye Jin urged Xu Yan to investigate Fu Ruiming and report him, and Xu Yan realized the case could help her take control of Fruit Video.
• Ye Jin and Huo Yun searched for a replacement male lead, rejected several candidates, and chose Zhou Yue despite concerns about his business practices.
• Star Universe Entertainment hired a water army to spread dirt about Zhou Yue after Fruit Video supported replacing He Cheng.
• A marketing account posted a video that appeared to show He Cheng in a sexual encounter with two older men, one resembling Star Universe executive Grandma Yan.
• Netizens and video-editing experts examined the footage, and several concluded it showed no signs of editing or AI face-swapping.

After He Cheng’s explicit video went viral, the authorities arrested him and ended the dispute over the male lead in “Kunlun Duel.” Ye Jin resumed filming her final drama and learned that Yang Manhui had returned for a cameo and wanted to work with her on future projects.

• A gossip account posted He Cheng’s video, which spread widely before it was censored across the internet.
• Ye Jin learned from Huo Yun that He Cheng had been arrested with the other people in the video, and the authorities removed his online accounts and works.
• He Cheng’s scandal frightened celebrities into behaving more cautiously, and filming for “Kunlun Duel” resumed after he was blacklisted.
• Ye Jin focused on finishing her final drama, which she had invested in, while wondering why Yang Manhui had returned for a cameo.
• Yang Manhui thanked Ye Jin by asking her to consider her for future projects as Ye Jin moved into producing and investing.

After filming “Kunlun Duel,” Ye Jin returned to the Su residence and learned that Su Chengjing had escaped but remained missing. She then discovered that Su Chenglan had come home engaged to Hou Yuanwu, whom Ye Jin recognized as a scheming live-in son-in-law.

• Yang Manhui accepted Ye Jin’s invitation to read her script, exchanged contact details with her, and left for another engagement.
• Ye Jin returned to the Su residence after filming wrapped and learned that Lin Xiwen’s people had failed to find Su Chengjing, who had escaped before police arrived.
• Su Chenglan returned from studying abroad with Hou Yuanwu, surprising Ye Jin and Lin Xiwen.
• Su Chenglan told Lin Xiwen that she had accepted Hou Yuanwu’s proposal and wanted her wedding prepared.
• Ye Jin recognized Hou Yuanwu from a novel and recalled that he had manipulated Su Chenglan to climb into wealth while seeking revenge on his former love’s family.

Ye Jin recalled Hou Yuanwu’s betrayals and cruelty toward Su Chenglan in the novel, then exposed his lies through her inner voice while Su Chenglan introduced him to Lin Xiwen. Lin Xiwen grew suspicious, but Su Chenglan remained defensive as Ye Jin revealed more about Hou Yuanwu’s past.

• Ye Jin recalled that Hou Yuanwu had used the Su Group, sold its secrets, abandoned Su Chenglan, and later prospered with Xie Haoyu’s help.
• Su Chenglan introduced Hou Yuanwu to Lin Xiwen and praised his love and ambition, while Hou Yuanwu promised to treat her well.
• Lin Xiwen sensed that Hou Yuanwu was not as innocent as Su Chenglan claimed and suggested delaying any marriage discussion until they knew him better.
• Su Chenglan tried to defend Hou Yuanwu but could not speak after hearing Ye Jin’s inner voice accuse him of pursuing several rich women and plotting against the Su Family.
• Ye Jin revealed that Hou Yuanwu had once pursued his white moonlight and already had a child bride and two children back home.

Su Chenglan defended Hou Yuanwu against Ye Jin’s unspoken warnings, while Lin Xiwen decided to investigate before approving their marriage. Hou Yuanwu then pretended to withdraw, leaving Su Chenglan torn between her mother and her beloved.

• Su Chenglan reassured Lin Xiwen that Hou Yuanwu had saved her life, but Ye Jin silently thought that he had staged the accident.
• Lin Xiwen decided to seek evidence about Hou Yuanwu’s past, while Su Chenglan privately resolved to investigate and clear his name.
• Hou Yuanwu accused the Su Family of looking down on him and announced that he would leave until he became worthy of Su Chenglan.
• Su Chenglan felt heartbroken at Hou Yuanwu’s apparent sacrifice and resolved not to let him go.

Lin Xiwen saw through Hou Yuanwu’s inflated claims and offered him only a management trainee position at the Su Group, which he accepted to remain close to Su Chenglan. The family’s tension eased for the evening, but the next day Lin Xiwen sent Su Chenglan to work at a magazine backed by the Su Group.

• Hou Yuanwu slowed his steps at the door, then turned back and pleaded with Lin Xiwen for a chance to prove his feelings for Su Chenglan.
• Hou Yuanwu claimed he had secured a senior position at Company C and asked to work in a senior role at the Su Group.
• Lin Xiwen offered Hou Yuanwu a place in the company’s latest management trainee intake and warned that she knew his grades and internship evaluations.
• Su Chenglan defended Hou Yuanwu but agreed to her mother’s decision, and Hou Yuanwu accepted the trainee position.
• Lin Xiwen, Su Chenglan, Hou Yuanwu, and Ye Jin finished dinner together, and Lin Xiwen sent Su Chenglan to a magazine invested in by the Su Group the next day.

Su Chenglan and Hou Yuanwu started entry-level jobs, while Ye Jin heard about Hou Yuanwu’s workplace failures and focused on her own career. At a charity gala, Xu Yan introduced Ye Jin and Huo Yun to major entertainment-industry figures and thanked Ye Jin for helping her in her divorce from Fu Ruiming.

• Lin Xiwen arranged for Su Chenglan and Hou Yuanwu to start at the bottom and forbade them from revealing their connection to the Su Family.
• Lin Xiwen told Ye Jin about Hou Yuanwu’s poor performance, arrogance, and unfinished proposal at work.
• Xu Yan introduced projects to Ye Jin and invited her and Huo Yun to the Xu Group charity gala.
• Xu Yan guided Ye Jin and Huo Yun around the gala, introducing them to major directors and producers and sharing investment opportunities.
• Xu Yan thanked Ye Jin for her earlier warning, which had helped her investigate Fu Ruiming and secure compensation in their divorce.

Xu Yan clashed with her younger brother Xu Chen over her divorce from Fu Ruiming and the future of the Xu and Fu Groups. After Ye Jin recognized Xu Chen and his new secretary, Lu Xiaoye, as characters from a novel, Xu Yan asked whether she could recruit his former secretary, Lu Qinan.

• Xu Chen warned Xu Yan not to jeopardize the Xu Group's cooperation with the Fu Group, and she retorted that their future dealings would be strictly business.
• Xu Chen left with his secretary, Lu Xiaoye, after telling Xu Yan he hoped she would never need to beg anyone.
• Ye Jin suspected Xu Chen and Lu Xiaoye were from the novel "Tyrannical CEO and His Naughty Little Secretary."
• Xu Yan told Ye Jin that Xu Chen's former secretary, Lu Qinan, had been talented and asked if she could poach her.

Ye Jin recalled Lu Qinan’s unhappy role in Xu Chen’s story and revealed the truth about Xu Chen’s past to her through her thoughts. Xu Yan hoped Lu Qinan would turn against Xu Chen, then took Ye Jin around the banquet, where they encountered Xie Haoyu and Su Yinan.

• Ye Jin remembered that Lu Qinan had loved Xu Chen for years, despite his lack of appreciation and his history of bullying students from poor families.
• Lu Qinan approached Xu Yan to confirm the Fu Group project, and Ye Jin silently criticized Xu Chen and urged Lu Qinan to give up on him.
• Lu Qinan heard Ye Jin’s thoughts, hid her shock, and finished her report before leaving; Xu Yan hoped the revelation would help her recruit Lu Qinan and reclaim the Xu Group.
• Xu Yan continued showing Ye Jin around the banquet, where they saw Xie Haoyu arrive with Su Yinan.

At the Xu Group banquet, Ye Jin faced her controlling ex-boyfriend Xie Haoyu and subtly made Su Yinan question his feelings for her. Ye Jin left with Huo Yun and Xu Yan, while Xie Haoyu watched them go with clenched fists.

• Xie Haoyu approached Ye Jin and greeted her sarcastically, prompting her to recall their university relationship and why she had broken up with him.
• Ye Jin remarked that Su Yinan had not used to be Xie Haoyu's type, and Su Yinan briefly grew troubled.
• Xie Haoyu praised Su Yinan for staying by him through hardship and put his arm around her, unaware that she felt lonely.
• Ye Jin left with Huo Yun without correcting Xie Haoyu's assumptions, and Xu Yan excused herself to follow them.
• Xie Haoyu watched Ye Jin, Huo Yun, and Xu Yan leave, clenching his fist.

After the banquet, Ye Jin learned that Hou Yuanwu had a child bride and two children, but Su Chenglan still searched for excuses to defend him. Lin Xiwen urged her daughter to face the truth and revealed that DNA results were pending, leaving Su Chenglan shaken by Ye Jin’s thoughts about Hou Yuanwu’s white moonlight.

• A man resolved to take revenge on Ye Jin and the Su Family, then approached Xu Chen to persuade him to sabotage Ye Jin and Xu Yan’s joint project.
• Ye Jin returned to the Su residence and saw Lin Xiwen and a tearful Su Chenglan waiting with an investigation photograph of Hou Yuanwu and his family.
• Su Chenglan suggested the woman in the photograph might be Hou Yuanwu’s sister, but Ye Jin’s thoughts made her doubt her excuse.
• Lin Xiwen told Su Chenglan that DNA tests were underway and asked what she would do if the children were Hou Yuanwu’s.
• Ye Jin thought Hou Yuanwu had been secretly meeting his white moonlight, and Su Chenglan recalled that he had lied about working overtime.
• Lin Xiwen warned Su Chenglan to think carefully, and Ye Jin went to her courtyard while Lin Xiwen and Su Chenglan kept their ability to hear her thoughts secret.

Ye Jin attended Su Chenglan and Hou Yuanwu’s engagement banquet, where she realized the Su Family had arranged a trap for Hou. When Su Chenglan arrived with Lu Shilan, Hou Yuanwu’s white moonlight, she confronted him onstage and had bodyguards restrain him, leaving the guests awaiting her announcement.

• Ye Jin noticed the engagement banquet had unusually many reporters and few of the Su Family’s wealthy associates, and suspected the family had set a trap for Hou Yuanwu.
• Hou Yuanwu bragged to his Su Group colleagues about inviting them, while they quietly criticized his arrogance and past advances toward other women.
• Lu Shilan arrived, and Hou Yuanwu’s confident expression froze when he recognized her.
• Su Chenglan entered wearing an ordinary dress and accompanied by a middle-aged woman, prompting Hou Yuanwu to fear she had discovered the truth.
• Su Chenglan said the banquet had been prepared for Hou Yuanwu, went to the stage, and had bodyguards restrain him when he tried to grab her.

At her engagement ceremony, Su Chenglan exposed Hou Yuanwu for hiding his wife and children while pursuing her and Lu Shilan. With Lu Shilan and Zhang Xiuxiu backing her up, she left Hou Yuanwu publicly disgraced and planned to help Zhang Xiuxiu and her children start over in the city.

• Su Chenglan announced that the engagement ceremony would not proceed and revealed an investigation report about Hou Yuanwu.
• Su Chenglan accused Hou Yuanwu of concealing his wife and children and continuing to pursue Lu Shilan.
• Lu Shilan described Hou Yuanwu's attempts to rekindle their relationship, and Zhang Xiuxiu revealed their marriage and two children.
• Zhang Xiuxiu agreed to leave with her children and asked Su Chenglan to help her find work and provide for their schooling.
• Hou Yuanwu denied the accusations as reporters publicized his behavior across the internet.

Xie Haoyu realized that his schemes involving Hou Yuanwu, Su Yang, and Fu Ruiming had all failed, and suspected Ye Jin was behind the setbacks. After Hou Yuanwu’s downfall, Su Chenglan renounced her infatuation and took responsibility for the Su Group’s fashion business.

• Xie Haoyu reviewed how his plans using Hou Yuanwu, Su Yang, and Fu Ruiming had failed, and wondered who was sabotaging him.
• Su Yinan offered Xie Haoyu food and rest, but he snapped at her, and she shut the bedroom door on him.
• Xie Haoyu recalled Ye Jin’s presence during his pawns’ setbacks and vowed to punish whoever was thwarting his plans.
• Su Chenglan told Ye Jin and Lin Xiwen she would focus on her career and help manage the Su Group.
• Lin Xiwen put Su Chenglan in charge of the Su Group’s fashion business.

Su Chenglan thanked Ye Jin with a sapphire necklace, then chose to focus on her career, while Ye Jin invested in a travel variety show and agreed to appear as a guest alongside Huo Yun. Filming for "Let's Travel Together" began with the four guest groups meeting at the airport.

• Su Chenglan declined Lin Xiwen's offer and chose to stay at her former magazine for a full year.
• Su Chenglan gave Ye Jin a sapphire necklace as a belated wedding gift and felt relieved after accepting Ye Jin's help in seeing through Hou Yuanwu.
• Ye Jin turned her attention to variety shows and invested in Fruit Video's travel program, "Let's Travel Together."
• Xu Yan persuaded Ye Jin to join the show, and Ye Jin agreed after deciding it could help the company and earn returns.
• Ye Jin insisted Huo Yun join her, and Huo Yun reluctantly agreed.
• Filming began, and the four groups of guests gathered at the airport.

Ye Jin met Yan Xuelan and her shy younger sister Yan Yulan, then discovered that the sisters and Yan Xuelan’s boyfriend, Chu Xiao, were characters in a novel. The novel revealed that Yan Yulan would fall for Chu Xiao and struggle with her feelings for her sister, leaving Ye Jin wary of the guests’ future.

• Ye Jin met Yan Xuelan and Yan Yulan, while Huo Yun assessed whether Yan Yulan might have potential as an actress.
• Yan Xuelan introduced Yan Yulan to the guests and explained that her younger sister was introverted and inexperienced.
• Ye Jin searched the system and found the novel Evening Rain Falls Steadily, which featured both Yan sisters.
• Ye Jin learned that Yan Yulan was the novel’s female lead and Chu Xiao, Yan Xuelan’s boyfriend, was its male lead.
• In the novel, Yan Yulan grew resentful of living in Yan Xuelan’s shadow and reluctantly joined the variety show after her parents threatened to cut off her money.
• Chu Xiao confessed that he loved Yan Yulan, but she rejected him and urged him to devote himself to Yan Xuelan.

After reading the story of Yan Xuelan and Yan Yulan, Ye Jin inwardly condemned Yan Yulan and revealed that Yan Yulan would betray her sister with Chu Xiao, leading to Yan Xuelan’s death. Yan Xuelan grew suspicious of her sister, and after the group reached their island destination, Yan Yulan asked to stay in a separate room.

• Ye Jin reflected that Yan Yulan would become involved with Chu Xiao and that Yan Xuelan would die in a car accident.
• Yan Xuelan overheard Ye Jin’s thoughts and began wondering whether Yan Yulan was secretly chatting with Chu Xiao.
• Yan Yulan startled when Yan Xuelan touched her shoulder, then claimed she had been reading a ghost story.
• Yan Xuelan doubted Yan Yulan’s explanation and grew increasingly suspicious of her.
• After a three-hour flight, the guests arrived at a Southeast Asian island and settled into a guesthouse.
• Yan Yulan asked Yan Xuelan to arrange separate rooms because she was not used to sharing.

Yan Xuelan refused Yan Yulan’s request for a separate room after Ye Jin’s thoughts made her suspect her sister was secretly contacting Chu Xiao. During the trip, Yan Yulan repeatedly complained and disrupted the group, leaving Yan Xuelan ready to discipline her as Ye Jin anticipated that the confrontation would backfire.

• Yan Xuelan turned down Yan Yulan’s plea to stay alone, telling her to ask the production team herself if she wanted a separate room.
• Yan Yulan followed Yan Xuelan into their shared room, privately deciding to contact Brother Chu without her sister noticing.
• Xu Yan told the camera crew to keep filming the Yan sisters closely in case something dramatic happened.
• Yan Yulan repeatedly complained about the early schedule, the heat, and being tired, while Yan Xuelan apologized to the other guests on her behalf.
• Yan Xuelan decided she needed to discipline Yan Yulan, while Ye Jin anticipated that Yan Yulan would play the victim and Yan Xuelan would draw criticism.