Chapter Summaries

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.

Yan Xuelan let Yan Yulan return to the guesthouse alone after hearing Ye Jin suspect that Yan Yulan planned to video chat with Chu Xiao. Yan Xuelan later invented a stomachache to return to the guesthouse, while Ye Jin and producer Xu Yan separately decided to turn public opinion against Yan Yulan.

• Yan Xuelan held back from scolding Yan Yulan and let her call a car back to the guesthouse.
• Ye Jin suspected Yan Yulan was rushing back to video chat with Chu Xiao, and Yan Xuelan decided to investigate.
• Ye Jin found that online commenters mostly defended Yan Yulan, while Xu Yan told the publicity team to circulate footage that could make Yan Yulan look lazy.
• Yan Xuelan claimed her old stomach condition had returned and took a production team car back to the guesthouse.
• The production team postponed the afternoon visit by two hours, giving everyone the option to return to the guesthouse for a nap.

Ye Jin returned to the guesthouse hoping to witness Yan Xuelan catch her sister and boyfriend cheating, but Yan Xuelan secretly confirmed the betrayal and planned to expose them. Yan Xuelan then arranged for friends and relatives to join the next trip, including Chu Xiao, leaving Ye Jin convinced the cheating pair had escaped discovery.

• Ye Jin returned to the guesthouse and listened at the wall, while Yan Xuelan heard her thoughts and confirmed that Ye Jin’s voice revealed the affair.
• Yan Xuelan recalled hearing Yan Yulan flirt with Chu Xiao and decided to expose them instead of following the tragic future Ye Jin had described.
• Ye Jin saw Yan Xuelan acting normal during the afternoon outing and thought she had failed to discover the cheating.
• Yan Xuelan proposed inviting friends or relatives on the next trip, and the group enthusiastically agreed.
• Yan Yulan suggested inviting Chu Xiao, and Yan Xuelan agreed, with Xu Yan supporting the plan.

The guests invited family members to join the variety show, then traveled to an ancient city in Central Europe, where Ye Jin’s inner thoughts exposed Chu Xiao’s affair with both Yan sisters and his role in Yan Xuelan’s death. Su Chenglan heard the warning as the guests split up to explore the city.

• Ye Jin invited Lin Xiwen to the show, but Lin Xiwen declined and sent Su Chenglan in her place.
• Yan Yulan stopped Yan Xuelan from calling Chu Xiao and eagerly volunteered to invite him herself.
• At the ancient-city hotel, Yan Yulan rushed to embrace Chu Xiao, while Yan Xuelan greeted him from behind and he awkwardly claimed to treat her sister like family.
• Ye Jin privately condemned Chu Xiao and Yan Yulan, and viewers online criticized Yan Yulan’s closeness with her sister’s boyfriend.
• Su Chenglan joined Ye Jin and heard her reveal that Chu Xiao had pursued both Yan sisters and caused Yan Xuelan’s fatal car accident.
• The guests began sightseeing and split into groups according to their interests.

Yan Xuelan let Yan Yulan leave with Chu Xiao, then joined Ye Jin and the others and led them toward a quiet old castle. She had arranged to track the pair after receiving a photo of them acting intimately, and the chapter left her approaching the place where she expected to confront the truth.

• Yan Yulan rejected Yan Xuelan’s suggestions and asked to explore alone, while Chu Xiao offered to accompany her instead of staying with Yan Xuelan.
• Yan Yulan took Chu Xiao’s arm and left, and Yan Xuelan concealed her hurt before approaching Ye Jin and the others.
• Yan Xuelan invited Ye Jin, Su Chenglan, and Huo Yun to look around with her, and they agreed for their own reasons.
• Yan Xuelan suggested visiting an old castle after explaining that she had arranged for someone to track Yan Yulan and Chu Xiao.
• Yan Xuelan led the group to the quiet castle, where few tourists were present.

Yan Xuelan led the livestream to a bastion, where she exposed Yan Yulan and Chu Xiao kissing and learned they had been seeing each other behind her back. Yan Yulan admitted the affair and blamed Yan Xuelan’s absence, leaving the livestream in an uproar.

• Yan Xuelan guided her livestream viewers around the ancient city and headed toward a bastion while Ye Jin followed.
• Yan Xuelan and Ye Jin found Yan Yulan and Chu Xiao embracing and kissing in the shadows, and the cameras captured them.
• Chu Xiao asked Yan Xuelan to send the camera crew away so he could explain, but she demanded to know their relationship.
• Chu Xiao tried to claim Yan Yulan had sand in her eye, but Yan Xuelan rejected his excuse.
• Yan Yulan admitted she and Chu Xiao had gotten carried away and blamed Yan Xuelan for being too busy to spend time with them, sparking outrage among viewers.

Yan Xuelan confronted Yan Yulan and Chu Xiao during a livestream after they blamed her for their affair. Chu Xiao tried to shift responsibility onto Yan Yulan, leaving Yan Xuelan to question how their relationship differed from the novel.

• Yan Yulan accused Yan Xuelan of being controlling and neglectful, while Yan Xuelan asked whether she was being blamed for their betrayal.
• Ye Jin's inner voice revealed that Yan Yulan had long been jealous of Yan Xuelan and had tried to take things that belonged to her.
• Yan Xuelan reminded Yan Yulan that her hard work had supported the family and enabled Yan Yulan's comfortable life.
• Chu Xiao claimed he had only cared for Yan Yulan because Yan Xuelan asked him to, and Yan Yulan challenged his explanation.
• Yan Xuelan asked Chu Xiao whether she should thank him for looking after her sister.

Yan Xuelan ended the livestream after Chu Xiao and Yan Yulan were exposed, and the scandal spread rapidly online. As both families confronted the fallout, Yan Xuelan’s father angrily rejected Chu Xiao’s father’s request for help, while worrying about Yan Yulan’s reputation.

• Chu Xiao tried to stop the cameraman from filming, but Yan Xuelan redirected the camera and ended the livestream.
• A viewer uploaded the caught-cheating scene, and Chu Xiao and Yan Yulan became targets of widespread online criticism.
• Chu Xiao’s parents went to the Yan family’s home to apologize, but no one answered the door.
• Chu Xiao’s father called Yan Ming and suggested waiting to hear the children’s explanations and using Yan Xuelan’s PR team to reduce the damage.
• Yan Ming rebuked Chu Xiuguo for asking Yan Xuelan to help and worried that the scandal would ruin Yan Yulan’s reputation.

Yan Xuelan decided to stay on "Let's Travel Together," and the show finished filming amid huge success. Ye Jin declined lucrative endorsements as she prepared to leave entertainment, while "Kunlun Duel" premiered to skepticism and weak support.

• Father Yan ended his friendship with Father Chu, resolved to hold Chu Xiao accountable, and planned to send Yan Yulan abroad to study independently.
• Ye Jin and producer Xu Yan discussed Yan Xuelan possibly leaving the show, but Yan Xuelan chose to stay and brought another junior from her company to film with her.
• "Let's Travel Together" remained popular through the end of filming, boosting the guests' popularity and drawing calls for a second season.
• Ye Jin received high-paying endorsement offers, including offers from major international brands, but turned them down because she wanted to leave entertainment.
• "Kunlun Duel" began airing after rapid editing, but it faced public skepticism, online attacks from some of He Cheng's fans, no advertising sponsors, and demands from Fruit Video executives to cut its promotion budget.

After Fu Ruiming cut Kunlun Duel’s publicity budget, Ye Jin persuaded Xu Yan to focus on the premiere and trust the drama’s quality. The show debuted to mockery but won viewers over with its addictive plot, and its buzz and view count surged as fans began promoting it themselves.

• Fu Ruiming used his position to blame Xu Yan for the drama’s problems and push for cuts to its publicity budget.
• Ye Jin comforted Xu Yan and suggested concentrating the remaining publicity funds on the premiere.
• Kunlun Duel premiered to pessimistic comments from viewers who mocked its production and acting.
• After watching, anti-fans and other viewers praised the plot, the cast’s fit for their roles, and Ye Jin’s performance.
• Viewers recommended Kunlun Duel online, and its view count rose rapidly as fans devised ways to promote it.

Ye Jin’s brief role in Kunlun Duel became more popular than the leads, bringing her fan support and lucrative endorsement offers. She rejected the offers and reaffirmed her plan to leave acting, while proposing that she and Huo Yun produce a drama they could control.

• Xu Yan declined to increase Kunlun Duel’s promotional budget, while the cast promoted the drama and Ye Jin’s eldest senior sister became its most popular character.
• Fans of the leads attacked Ye Jin, but other netizens defended her for avoiding self-promotion.
• Huo Yun tried to persuade Ye Jin to accept lucrative endorsements, but Ye Jin refused because she wanted to leave the industry.
• Ye Jin suggested using their earnings and connections to produce their own drama, and said they could discuss a project with Fruit Video at its annual gala.
• Ye Jin finished checking her retirement announcement as her fans complained online that Huo Yun was not finding her work.