Chapter Summaries

Song Shiwei and the Jiang family rallied behind the girls' school after its story went viral, while netizens praised Principal Zhang and offered support. The chapter ended with a foundation established to help the school and growing public attention for the cause.

• Song Shiwei asked the Jiang family whether they wanted to donate, and family members pledged money, including Jiang Ye, who offered five million after learning about the story.
• Song Shiwei considered donating Jiang Xun's salary, while Jiang Xun quietly sketched and reacted to her thoughts.
• Netizens shared personal stories about Principal Zhang and called for ways to donate to the girls' school.
• A reporter said Song Shiwei and her mother-in-law had sold the stolen jewelry to establish a foundation supporting the school.
• Zhang Leyao's Love China Foundation promised free clothing and hygiene supplies, and netizens praised Song Shiwei and LY Group before media coverage spread further.

After the free girls' high school drew widespread support, Fu Lanjun made peace with Liu Xiangqin and planned a shopping trip with Song Shiwei and Jiang Zhuxin. They then prepared to attend the Xu Family engagement banquet, where Song Shiwei's thoughts hinted that Jiang Zhuxin might be tied to the coming scandal.

• Netizens spread news of the free girls' high school and donated to charities, while Mother Jiang and Song Shiwei reflected on selling the stolen jewelry.
• Liu Xiangqin apologized to Fu Lanjun, who urged her to live well and keep her daughters in school.
• Mother Jiang invited Song Shiwei and Jiang Zhuxin to shop and mentioned the Xu Family engagement banquet, prompting Song Shiwei to discover explosive gossip in the Gossip Compendium.
• Song Shiwei left the gossip unexplained, leaving Mother Jiang and Jiang Zhuxin curious for the next two or three days.
• On the evening of the banquet, Jiang Zhuxin repeatedly urged Song Shiwei to hurry, while Song Shiwei wondered whether she was connected to Xu Zixuan and the coming conflict.

Song Shiwei uncovered the hidden truth behind Xu Zixuan’s engagement: he was not Mrs. Xu’s biological son, but the child of her supposedly dead husband and his former lover. The Jiang family arrived at the Xu residence knowing Mrs. Xu might be unaware that her husband was alive and her son had been turned against her.

• Song Shiwei hurried with the Jiang family to the Xu residence to get an early look at the engagement banquet gossip.
• Song Shiwei read that Xu Zixuan was a wastrel who planned to abandon his engagement to Chen Xinyi for a bar waitress he called his true love.
• Song Shiwei discovered that Xu Guohua, believed dead for decades, was alive and had secretly had a son with his former lover.
• Song Shiwei learned that Xu Zixuan was Xu Guohua’s son, had been switched into Mrs. Xu’s care, and was being urged by his biological mother to fight against her.
• The Jiang family saw Mrs. Xu at the banquet entrance and wondered whether she knew the truth about Xu Guohua and Xu Zixuan.

At Mrs. Xu’s engagement banquet, Song Shiwei discovered that the family’s gracious matriarch had helped arrange Xu Guohua’s fake death and had kept Mrs. Xu from remarrying. The story left Mrs. Xu unaware of the betrayal while Song Shiwei learned the full extent of the scheme.

• Mother Jiang and her family greeted Mrs. Xu at the engagement banquet, where both women exchanged compliments about their children and daughters-in-law.
• Mrs. Xu overheard Song Shiwei’s thoughts revealing that she knew about Mrs. Xu’s plan, then sent the guests inside as the banquet was about to begin.
• Song Shiwei and Jiang Zhuxin settled into a quiet corner, where Song Shiwei recognized the young woman beside Old Mrs. Xu as Xu Zixuan’s true love.
• Song Shiwei consulted the Gossip Compendium and learned that Old Mrs. Xu had forced Xu Guohua to marry Mrs. Xu, then helped him fake his death after he had a son.
• Song Shiwei learned that Old Mrs. Xu had also used the child to pressure Mrs. Xu into staying with the Xu family instead of remarrying.

At Xu Zixuan and Chen Xinyi’s engagement banquet, Mrs. Xu learned from Song Shiwei’s thoughts that her marriage and son were part of a deception and decided to turn the ceremony into a spectacle. The engagement proceeded with extravagant gifts as the guests watched, anticipating trouble.

• Mrs. Xu heard Song Shiwei’s thoughts revealing that her marriage was fake, her husband’s affection false, and her son belonged to someone else, and resolved to make Old Mrs. Xu’s life miserable.
• Song Shiwei, Jiang Ye, and Jiang Zhuxin ate cakes at the banquet before Xu Zixuan arrived with Chen Xinyi.
• Song Shiwei admired Chen Xinyi and suspected she and Old Mrs. Xu would cause trouble, while Mrs. Xu and Chen Xinyi heard her thoughts.
• The emcee announced Xu Zixuan and Chen Xinyi’s engagement and listed the Xu Family’s lavish betrothal gifts.
• The guests judged the match and gifts, then noticed the Jiang Family’s daughter-in-law and waited eagerly for gossip.

Old Mrs. Xu interrupted the engagement ceremony and demanded that Chen Xinyi be replaced by Bingbing, while Song Shiwei’s thoughts exposed the Xu Family’s history of child switching and other secrets. Mrs. Xu kept her composure as she added the Xu Family’s relatives to her revenge list, and Old Mrs. Xu continued insisting that the engagement be canceled.

• As Jiang Family and Chen Family were about to exchange rings, Old Mrs. Xu rushed onstage and declared that she objected.
• Mrs. Xu greeted Old Mrs. Xu deferentially, but the old woman insulted her and ordered her to call off the engagement and return the betrothal money.
• Song Shiwei’s thoughts revealed that Old Mrs. Xu had arranged for Mrs. Xu’s newborn daughter to be switched with a grandson and that Chen Xinyi was the daughter who had been given away.
• Mrs. Xu silently resolved to take revenge on the Xu Family’s eldest and second uncles after Song Shiwei exposed more of their secrets.
• Old Mrs. Xu demanded that Chen Xinyi return the betrothal gifts and insisted that Bingbing become the Xu Family’s granddaughter-in-law.

At Xu Zixuan’s engagement banquet, he rejected Chen Xinyi and chose Liang Bing, but Lin Fengqin made him sign away his inheritance and sever their relationship. The chapter ended with Xu Zixuan realizing he had given up his shares and with Song Shiwei revealing that Xu Guohua and another person were in the hotel together.

• Xu Zixuan abandoned Chen Xinyi, took Liang Bing’s hand, and declared that he would marry her even if it meant severing ties with his mother.
• Liang Bing knelt before Lin Fengqin and begged to be with Xu Zixuan, who promised to remain single if he could not marry her.
• Lin Fengqin agreed to let them be together if Xu Zixuan signed an agreement severing their relationship and relinquishing his inheritance.
• Xu Zixuan signed the agreement and pressed a bloody fingerprint onto it, believing he could still benefit after his engagement ended.
• Lin Fengqin explained that the agreement covered Xu Zixuan’s shares and other assets, and lawyers stepped forward to clarify the terms.
• Song Shiwei revealed that Xu Guohua was at the hotel and had ended up in bed with someone.

At Xu Zixuan’s engagement banquet, Lin Fengqin let him sign away his inheritance rights and offered Chen Xinyi the betrothal gifts, while Old Mrs. Xu unexpectedly stood up and defended Bingbing. The guests turned against Old Mrs. Xu after she insulted Chen Xinyi and the wealthy families, and she demanded that Mrs. Xu reclaim the gifts for Bingbing.

• Lin Fengqin told Xu Zixuan that he had voluntarily signed away his inheritance rights and offered to make Chen Xinyi her goddaughter while letting her keep the betrothal gifts.
• Old Mrs. Xu rose from her wheelchair, and Lin Fengqin feigned delight at her apparent recovery from necrosis of the femoral head.
• Old Mrs. Xu credited Bingbing with curing her and insisted Xu Zixuan was right to marry her instead of Chen Xinyi.
• Old Mrs. Xu insulted Chen Xinyi and the wealthy guests, drawing their disapproval as Mrs. Xu tried to calm her.
• Old Mrs. Xu ordered Mrs. Xu to get the betrothal gifts back and give them to Bingbing.

At a high-society gathering, Mrs. Xu exposed the absurdity of Liang Bing being credited with curing Old Mrs. Xu, while Song Shiwei's inner commentary revealed that Old Mrs. Xu had faked her illness for ten years. The guests pressed Liang Bing and Old Mrs. Xu for details, leaving the pair awkwardly passing the blame back and forth.

• Mrs. Xu apologized to the guests for Old Mrs. Xu, prompting them to look down on the older woman and sympathize with Mrs. Xu.
• After Song Shiwei inwardly mocked Liang Bing as a supposed miracle doctor, guests asked Liang Bing to share her remedy and offered her a hospital job.
• Mrs. Xu challenged Liang Bing to explain her cure, and Xu Zixuan proudly urged his girlfriend to tell everyone how she had healed his grandmother.
• Liang Bing asked Old Mrs. Xu to describe how she had been cared for, and Old Mrs. Xu claimed massages had cured her.
• The guests demanded details about the medicinal herbs, but Old Mrs. Xu stalled before handing the question back to Liang Bing.

Mrs. Xu learned that Xu Guohua and his lover were staying at a hotel and arranged for reporters to expose them, while Xu Guohua’s supposed resurrection became a nationwide scandal. At the venue, Mother Jiang announced the news to Fengqin, and the wealthy guests recognized Xu Guohua in the footage.

• Mrs. Xu received confirmation that Xu Guohua and his lover had booked an erotic suite, then discreetly sent a message to set her plan in motion.
• Song Shiwei’s inner voice revealed that Mrs. Xu had sent reporters to catch Xu Guohua and his lover, and that she intended to conceal her role.
• Reporters’ footage spread online, showing Xu Guohua and four others naked and prompting netizens to investigate how the supposedly dead former Xu Corporation CEO had survived.
• Netizens concluded that Xu Guohua may have faked his death, making the scandal and his return to public view trend across the country.
• Mother Jiang told Fengqin that her husband was alive and had been caught in a group encounter, and the wealthy guests recognized Xu Guohua by his crossed eyes and malformed ear.

At the banquet, Xu Guohua’s sudden appearance exposed the possibility that the Xu family had faked his death and left Lin Fengqin to bear the fallout. Old Mrs. Xu denied his identity and staged a public breakdown as the crowd watched.

• The guests recalled rumors about Xu Guohua’s troubled marriage, the Xu family’s financial collapse, and his heavily publicized death and funeral.
• Mother Jiang asked Lin Fengqin whether Xu Guohua was her husband and whether the man cremated years earlier had been his twin; Song Shiwei’s thoughts reminded Mother Jiang that Xu Zixuan had signed away his shares and might not be Mrs. Xu’s biological son.
• A video of reporters catching three men and two women in bed appeared on the banquet hall screen.
• A woman in the video called out to Xu Guohua and complained that he had promised nobody would interrupt them, confirming his identity and ruining Old Mrs. Xu’s attempt to deny him.
• Lin Fengqin pretended to mistake Xu Guohua for Xu Guoan and questioned Old Mrs. Xu, who insisted her son was dead and accused Lin Fengqin of impersonating him.
• Old Mrs. Xu wailed, cursed Lin Fengqin, and called on her dead son to strike her with lightning while the guests watched in disbelief.

Lin Fengqin and Liu Weiye used the threat of a Taoist ritual to pressure Old Mrs. Xu over her claim that the man before them was Guohua. Daoist Qingxuan began discussing the cost of summoning souls, and Old Mrs. Xu angrily denounced him as a fraud.

• Song Shiwei thought that a Taoist priest could scare Old Mrs. Xu into confessing, and Mother Jiang and Mrs. Xu heard her thoughts.
• Xu Zixuan pointed out that his father had been gone for twenty-five years, while Old Mrs. Xu accused Lin Fengqin of failing to recognize her husband.
• Lin Fengqin suggested inviting a Taoist priest to summon Guohua's spirit and mentioned a master from Putuo Taoist Temple.
• Liu Weiye offered to contact Daoist Qingxuan, whom he knew, and quickly called him.
• Daoist Qingxuan discussed charging extra to summon dead souls, prompting Old Mrs. Xu to call him a fraud and order him away.

Old Mrs. Xu admitted that she had faked her illness and that Xu Guohua was still alive after a Daoist priest threatened to summon his soul. Lin Fengxia and Chen Xinyi prepared to take revenge after hearing the confession.

• A Daoist priest accused Old Mrs. Xu of abandoning her granddaughter and helping Xu Guohua fake his death, while Song Shiwei’s thoughts revealed that Old Mrs. Xu had kept the insurance payout and left Lin Fengqin with the premiums.
• Old Mrs. Xu denied the accusations, but Xu Guohua collapsed during a video call after taking pills, and Song Shiwei’s thoughts explained what had happened.
• Old Mrs. Xu begged the Daoist priest to stop and admitted Xu Guohua was alive, then revealed that she had pretended to be ill.
• Old Mrs. Xu lashed out at Lin Fengqin, who dodged her slap and challenged her claims about her illness and Xu Guohua’s death.
• Lin Fengxia and Chen Xinyi exchanged a look as they prepared to take revenge for what the Xu family had done to them.

Old Mrs. Xu admitted that she had orchestrated the family’s crimes, but Daoist Qingxuan said Xu Guohua was dying and could not be saved. Lin Fengqin rejected her mother-in-law’s pleas and confronted her over the years of abuse and the daughter she had abandoned.

• Daoist Qingxuan denied casting a spell and declared that Xu Guohua’s drug use and depleted lifespan left him beyond saving.
• Old Mrs. Xu confessed to faking Xu Guohua’s death, abandoning Lin Fengqin’s daughter, committing insurance fraud, and tormenting Lin Fengqin, then begged Qingxuan to save her son.
• Lin Fengqin refused to plead for Xu Guohua and confronted Old Mrs. Xu over her betrayal and years of mistreatment.
• Daoist Qingxuan blessed a woman on his call, ended the session, and hurried away from the family’s troubles.
• Old Mrs. Xu realized that no one was helping her and crawled to Lin Fengqin, begging her to call an ambulance for Xu Guohua.

At the ruined engagement banquet, Lin Fengqin rejected Old Mrs. Xu’s pleas and exposed the Xu family’s schemes as the guests turned against the old woman. After Song Shiwei’s thoughts raised suspicions about Xu Zixuan’s identity and a forged birth certificate, Lin Fengqin left with Chen Xinyi and planned to report the hospital.

• Old Mrs. Xu accused Lin Fengqin of wanting Xu Guohua dead and threw a tantrum, but the guests condemned her manipulation.
• Old Mrs. Xu fell and injured her foot while trying to confront the guests, and Xu Zixuan refused to help her or call for his father.
• Mother Jiang and Lin Fengqin questioned whether Xu Zixuan was Xu Guohua’s child, while Song Shiwei’s thoughts pointed to a forged birth certificate.
• Lin Fengqin canceled the engagement banquet, took Chen Xinyi, and left as the guests offered sympathy and mocked the Xu family’s reunion.

Lin Fengqin used Old Mrs. Xu’s desperation to secure her eight percent stake in Xu Corporation in exchange for medical help for her and her son. She left with the signed share transfer agreement and ordered a private doctor to treat them before sending them to the hospital.

• Old Mrs. Xu begged Lin Fengqin to save her and her son, but admitted she had abandoned Lin Fengqin’s daughter beside a hospital trash can.
• Lin Fengqin demanded Old Mrs. Xu’s eight percent stake, and Xu Zixuan tried to persuade his grandmother to give the shares to him.
• Old Mrs. Xu offered the shares in exchange for support, then demanded fifty million; Lin Fengqin countered with one million and immediate medical care.
• As Old Mrs. Xu’s son began convulsing, she accepted Lin Fengqin’s offer and signed the share transfer agreement.
• Lin Fengqin instructed her assistant to arrange a private doctor’s examination and send Old Mrs. Xu and her son to the hospital.

Lin Fengqin offered Song Shiwei a stake in her hotel, and Song invested ten million yuan. After the banquet, Lin exposed the Xu Family’s schemes, and the Xu Corporation Group announced it was renaming itself the Xinfeng Group.

• Lin Fengqin invited Song Shiwei to become a paid shareholder and new-product taster at her hotel.
• Song Shiwei agreed to invest ten million yuan, while Jiang Zhuxin asked to join future investments and Song teased her about having only a hundred yuan.
• The Xu Corporation Group released a statement describing the events at the engagement banquet and announced its name change to the Xinfeng Group.
• Lin Fengqin held an overnight press conference and revealed that Old Mrs. Xu had feigned illness for over a decade and Xu Guohua had faked his death to cheat her out of nearly ten million yuan.
• Netizens reacted with shock, while Old Mrs. Xu remained bedridden and paralyzed from her injuries.

Old Mrs. Xu regretted her cruelty as she suffered alone in the hospital, while Lin Fengqin resolved to focus on her daughter and the Xinfeng Group. Song Shiwei then rushed to an audition for the production she had invested in and was surprised by the luxurious private lounge prepared for her.

• Old Mrs. Xu watched Lin Fengqin's press conference from her hospital bed while her caregiver berated and neglected her.
• Lin Fengqin left the press conference with Chen Xinyi and decided to concentrate on her daughter and the Xinfeng Group.
• The insurance company announced legal action against Old Mrs. Xu and Xu Guohua, while Lin Fengqin filed for divorce and demanded the return of marital assets.
• Liang Bing left Xu Zixuan with his money, and netizens shared footage of him acting deranged in his underwear.
• Jiang Ye reminded Song Shiwei that the Undercover production team was holding casting auditions, and she hurried to the set as an investor.
• Song Shiwei arrived at the studio and discovered that Yu Xiuhua had arranged a luxurious private lounge for her.

Jiang Ye tried to escape Wen Chuxue at the audition, while Song Yurou accused Wen of using him. He ran into Huo Xiuzhu, Wen’s destined partner, setting up the love-triangle confrontation Song Shiwei eagerly wanted to watch.

• The director announced improvised auditions in separate rooms, each with a different blind box and a public judging panel.
• Song Yurou arrived and encouraged Jiang Ye, while privately anticipating gossip involving him.
• Wen Chuxue chased after Jiang Ye to confess her love, but he fled from her.
• Song Yurou accused Wen Chuxue of using Jiang Ye and argued with her over their rivalry.
• Jiang Ye nearly collided with Huo Xiuzhu, and Song Shiwei narrated the encounter as a dramatic love-triangle scene.

Jiang Ye overheard Song Shiwei reveal Huo Xiuzhu's deception and the female supporting character's tragic fate. He realized Huo Xiuzhu and Wen Chuxue were dangerous, just as the unnamed woman approached them.

• Jiang Ye noticed Wen Chuxue and Huo Xiuzhu acting like lovers, though their gestures were full of hesitation and regret.
• Song Shiwei revealed that Huo Xiuzhu had stolen the identity and lifesaving credit of the family's true son to get close to the female supporting character.
• Song Shiwei recounted how Huo Xiuzhu planned to ruin the female supporting character's family and how he and Wen Chuxue ultimately destroyed her life.
• Jiang Ye was horrified by the revelations and recognized that he had been foolish to trust rotten people.
• Song Shiwei sensed the female supporting character approaching the VIP room.