Chapter Summaries

Kexi was caught between Lynae and Lupa after they discovered he had sent both of them identical letters, then fled when they demanded answers. He shoved Selina into their path and escaped, leaving her to face the two angry women.

• Kexi discovered he had no money and tried to use his Montelli family status to pay for the ice cream.
• Lynae recognized Kexi as the Montelli family's young master and showed him the letter he had written to her.
• Lupa revealed that she had received an identical letter, and Kexi admitted he had written to many women.
• Kexi ran from Lynae and Lupa as they chased him through the alleys, demanding payment and an explanation.
• Kexi encountered Selina, shoved her in front of Lynae and Lupa, and ran off while Selina called after him.

Sanhua burned Kexi’s letters and attempted to take her own life after learning about his relationship with Jinhsi. Jinhsi and Baizhi found her in time to save her, and Jinhsi ordered Kexi brought to her.

• Sanhua reread the ninety-six letters Kexi had written over twelve years and remembered how they had helped her survive after the Lament destroyed her home.
• Sanhua set the letters on fire, cut her wrist, and collapsed beside the window.
• Jinhsi heard that Sanhua’s room was on fire, broke down the locked door, and found Sanhua bleeding beside the burning letters.
• Jinhsi recognized Kexi’s handwriting on a surviving page and blamed him for Sanhua’s attempt.
• Baizhi treated Sanhua and helped save her, while Jinhsi ordered someone to bring Kexi from Montelli.

Kexi ran into Sigrika while fleeing and revealed that he had written her mysterious letters, then proposed to her. Sigrika rejected his rushed confession because it skipped the romance-game courtship she had imagined, and Kexi moved in to kiss her as footsteps approached.

• Kexi collided with Sigrika, recognized her as a mission target, and hurriedly proposed marriage.
• Kexi told Sigrika he was the mysterious letter writer, but she remained stunned by his sudden confession.
• Kexi offered Sigrika wealth and an easy life, but she rejected those things and explained that she wanted a romance-game-style courtship first.
• Kexi tried to restart their meeting with a polite invitation, but Sigrika refused as Lynae and Lupa's footsteps drew nearer.
• Kexi cupped Sigrika's face and bent down to kiss her.

Kexi kissed Sigrika and activated her Tacet Mark before fleeing when Lynae caught them. Sigrika and Lynae discovered that Kexi had sent them identical letters, and they joined forces to chase him down.

• Kexi confessed his love to Sigrika, kissed her, and kissed her Tacet Mark, raising their task progress to 9/12.
• Lynae arrived, saw Kexi with Sigrika, and chased him as he fled the alley.
• Sigrika told Lynae that Kexi was the Montelli family’s young master and the person who had been writing to her.
• Lynae and Sigrika compared their identical letters and realized Kexi had written to them both.
• Lynae and Sigrika set off to catch Kexi, while Lupa arrived and realized their group had gained another pursuer.

Kexi scolded Selina for failing to protect him, then softened when she begged him not to send her away. Her unexpectedly eager response to his flirting left him convinced she was trying to seduce him for money, and the chapter ended as someone called out to them.

• Kexi found Selina in an alley and made her recite her duty to obey and protect him.
• Kexi threatened to send Selina to Avinoleum Seminary, and she fell to her knees in tears, begging him not to send her away.
• Kexi reassured Selina that he would never send her away, and she said she would only cry for him.
• Kexi teased Selina and nearly kissed her, but stopped when she closed her eyes instead of resisting.
• Kexi suspected Selina was trying to trade intimacy for Monnaie, and an unseen person asked where they were going.

Scar abducted Kexi from the alley and left Selina behind, while Phrolova confronted Kexi in an alternate space over the promises he had made in his letters. Phrolova accused him of lying about attending her concerts because he could not have been alive three hundred years ago.

• Scar attacked Kexi and Selina with a deck of cards, then opened a golden portal that swallowed Kexi.
• Selina tried to reach Kexi before the portal vanished, but Scar stopped her and prepared to face her.
• Kexi arrived alone in an unfamiliar alternate space and encountered Phrolova.
• Phrolova asked Kexi whether he remembered promising in his letters to attend her concerts and understand her.
• Phrolova said she had searched for him at her concerts for years, then accused him of lying because he had not been born three hundred years earlier.

Kexi manipulated Phrolova’s feelings to complete part of his Resonance Synchronization mission, then rejected her over her ties to the Fractsidus and her willingness to sacrifice him for her loved ones. Phrolova refused to let him leave and said she would keep him with her forever.

• Kexi confronted Phrolova about searching for him for three hundred years and described how he would have watched her performances.
• Kexi kissed Phrolova and her Tacet Mark, triggering Resonance Synchronization and updating mission two progress to 10/12.
• Kexi abruptly pulled away and told Phrolova she no longer deserved his support because she had joined the Fractsidus.
• Phrolova said she could leave the Fractsidus, but Kexi accused her of choosing her loved ones over him and called her vicious when she said she could bring him back to life.
• Kexi turned to leave, but Phrolova stopped him and declared she would tie him up and keep him with her forever.

Kexi turned Hecate against Phrolova, stripped her of her power, and pinned her down. Scar arrived and fought Hecate, then Selina returned to Kexi as he hinted that Scar was about to be in trouble.

• Phrolova threatened to imprison Kexi, but he stood his ground when she ordered Hecate to attack him.
• Phrolova stepped in front of Hecate's strike, then discovered Hecate would obey Kexi and pin her down instead.
• Kexi revealed that Phrolova had lost access to her Resonance Energy, slapped her, and taunted her when she demanded an explanation.
• Scar arrived, was ordered by Kexi to be seized, and transformed into a horned demon to fight Hecate.
• Selina entered through a tear in space and checked on Kexi, who smiled at Scar and suggested he was about to be in trouble.

Kexi had Selina restrain Phrolova and fight Scar, then tested his new power when Scar transformed into a horned demon. Scar escaped through a portal after Kexi's dragon-shaped attack devastated the battlefield, leaving Selina stunned.

• Kexi told Selina to put a resonance inhibitor on Phrolova and take her back as a maid instead of killing her.
• Selina summoned a phantom orchestra to attack Scar, but he transformed into a horned demon and destroyed the illusions.
• Kexi stopped Selina from intervening and challenged Scar himself.
• Kexi unleashed Heavenly Abode's Courtyard Light, forcing Scar to one knee and shearing off part of his horn.
• Scar opened a golden portal and escaped as Kexi's attack blasted a crater into the ground, leaving Selina staring in shock.

Kexi brought the captured Phrolova back to Montelli Manor and ordered Selina and Luna to train her as a maid. As Luna began intimidating Phrolova into changing, Phrolova rejected the uniform and refused to cooperate.

• Kexi had Selina take Phrolova from the alternate space back to Montelli Manor, while he worried about the women expected at his birthday banquet and planned to pretend he was sick.
• Kexi handed Phrolova over to Selina, told her to train Phrolova as a maid, and asked her to prepare his meal.
• Selina warned Phrolova not to harm Kexi, and Phrolova observed that Selina liked him.
• Selina brought Phrolova to Luna, who learned Phrolova had tried to assassinate Kexi and agreed to train her.
• Luna ordered Phrolova to change into a maid outfit, but Phrolova refused and kicked the outfit onto the floor.

Luna forced Phrolova to submit to humiliating maid training while the Resonance Suppressor kept her powerless. After Phrolova changed into a maid uniform and helped prepare the young master's meal, she secretly stomped the dough, only to be caught by Luna.

• Luna dragged Phrolova to the chicken yard and forced her to bend close to a pile of droppings until she agreed to learn.
• Phrolova followed Luna back inside, changed into a maid uniform, and accepted that resisting while suppressed would only bring more humiliation.
• Luna taught Phrolova about making the young master's hand-pulled noodles and had her wash greens and fetch ingredients.
• While Luna prepared the broth, Phrolova threw the dough onto the floor and stomped on it, thinking of Kexi.
• Luna caught Phrolova stomping the dough and asked what she was doing.

Phrolova was caught kneading noodle dough with her foot, and Luna sent her to deliver a bowl to Kexi. To secure a medical excuse for his plan to avoid Carlotta, Kexi staged an illness at the estate healing center, coerced Liv into diagnosing him with an elaborate, expensive-sounding ailment, and was interrupted by an angry voice calling his name.

• Luna caught Phrolova mashing noodle dough with her foot, teased her, and made her carry a bowl of noodles to the young master.
• Kexi went to the healing center and pretended he was gravely ill so he could obtain a medical record without Carlotta finding out about his plans.
• Liv diagnosed Kexi with heatstroke, but he accused her of insulting his illness and ordered Selina to tear down the healing center.
• Liv played along, prescribing rare plants to be set up as offerings, and Kexi praised her as a miracle doctor.
• Selina watched the performance in disbelief, then an angry voice shouted at Kexi, asking what he had done this time.

Carlotta dragged Kexi from the clinic after learning that the magistrate of Jinzhou had summoned him, despite his attempts to fake an illness. On the way, Kexi knocked Phrolova’s ramen tray to the floor, and Luna ordered the injured maid to clean up while Phrolova silently endured the cuts.

• Carlotta confronted Kexi at the clinic and demanded to know why the magistrate of Jinzhou had asked for him.
• Liv told Carlotta that Kexi had nothing seriously wrong with him, and Carlotta dragged him away despite his protests.
• Luna and Phrolova brought Kexi his lunch, but his careless wave knocked the tray from Phrolova’s hands.
• Phrolova fell among the broken bowl and hot broth, cutting her palms as Kexi continued away with Carlotta.
• Luna told Phrolova to clean the mess and said it was her good fortune that Kexi had knocked over the bowl.
• Phrolova picked up the porcelain by hand while Luna watched, thinking she could break the maid without being held responsible.

Kexi kissed Yangyang’s forehead, but learned that she did not count toward his system task because she had not been promoted to a limited five-star. Yangyang brought him to Jinhsi, who greeted him with a slap and threatened to kill him.

• Carlotta sent Kexi to meet Yangyang, who called him her brother-in-law despite her sister’s warning to stay away from him.
• Kexi kissed Yangyang’s forehead and triggered Resonance Synchronization, but the system said she did not qualify for his task.
• Yangyang blushed and wondered whether her sister would be upset if she found out, then remembered that Jinhsi had sent her to fetch Kexi about a fire.
• Kexi asked Selina to protect him if trouble arose and followed Yangyang to Jinhsi’s courtyard.
• Jinhsi rushed in, slapped Kexi, and threatened to kill him.

Jinhsi attacked Kexi over the love letters he had written, then told him Sanhua had attempted suicide after learning the truth about him. Kexi visited Sanhua in the hospital, apologized, and tried to persuade her to keep living, but she told him to leave.

• Jinhsi attacked Kexi, while Selina tried to protect him and the two repeatedly froze and freed her with their time powers.
• Jinhsi confronted Kexi about his love letters and told him Sanhua had killed herself; Kexi was stunned to learn she had attempted suicide.
• Kexi went to Sanhua's hospital room, hesitated outside, then apologized and told her the letters could only become true if she lived.
• Sanhua woke and told Kexi to leave, suspecting Jinhsi had sent him; Kexi placed a fire-damaged letter beside her bed and admitted he wanted to know what she thought of him.
• Sanhua closed her eyes and ordered Kexi to leave again, but he refused.

Kexi stayed by Sanhua's bedside and answered her questions about his feelings for Jinhsi and for her. He promised Sanhua she could come to him if she felt unwanted, then offered her the position of Mrs. Montelli, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Kexi stayed beside Sanhua and held her hand as she recalled the mysterious letter that had reached her at Jingci Temple when she was seven.
• Sanhua asked Kexi whether he was serious about Jinhsi, and he admitted he was attracted to her but did not feel much for her emotionally.
• Sanhua pressed Kexi to explain how he felt about her, and he admitted her coldness and bluntness bothered him but said he had come to stay by choice.
• Kexi promised Sanhua that she could come to him if she ever felt unwanted, and Sanhua rested her hand lightly on his.
• Kexi offered to save the position of Mrs. Montelli for Sanhua if she was willing.

Sanhua pulled Kexi into a forceful kiss and seduced him in her hospital room, while Jinhsi listened outside and wept. Afterward, Sanhua reminded Kexi of his promise and revealed that it was one of her fertile days, leaving him stunned as she settled down to sleep.

• Sanhua promised to keep the position of Mrs. Montelli open for Kexi, then pulled him onto the bed and kissed him.
• Kexi stopped resisting Sanhua, and Jinhsi listened outside the room, silently crying.
• Afterward, Kexi complained that Sanhua had taken his purity, while Sanhua held and comforted him.
• Sanhua warned Kexi to remember his promise and threatened to beat his child if he lied to her.
• Sanhua told Kexi it was one of her fertile days, then covered him with the blanket and went to sleep.
• Kexi worried about the women coming to tomorrow's birthday banquet, then turned back to tuck Sanhua's blanket around her.

Kexi found Jinhsi waiting outside Sanhua’s room, and she left him with an ultimatum to settle the situation by the next day. Meanwhile, Scar and Christopher planned to use a Kexi double to cause deaths at the birthday gathering and implicate him, potentially drawing Jinhsi into the conflict.

• Kexi slipped out of Sanhua’s room and found Jinhsi in the corridor, crying after hearing what had happened.
• Jinhsi refused to hear Kexi’s explanation and told him to figure out how to settle the situation by tomorrow.
• Kexi left with Selina while Scar watched them from the shadows.
• Scar told Christopher that Phrolova had turned against him and described how many women were connected to Kexi.
• Christopher produced a page bearing an exact likeness of Kexi and proposed using it to cause a disturbance and get people killed at the birthday gathering.
• Christopher planned to use the chaos to trouble Fenrico and make the Jinzhou magistrate’s death in Ragunna a political burden.

Kexi mocked Phrolova’s badly made noodles, while Luna forced Phrolova to apologize and helped Kexi discover how to make her comply. When Phrolova brought him a fresh bowl, Kexi tricked her into eating from his chopsticks before taking the noodles for himself, unaware she had spat in them.

• Kexi insulted Phrolova’s dark, greasy noodles, and she raised a spoon to strike him before Luna restrained her and demanded an apology.
• Phrolova apologized after Luna threatened to put her through more special training, then returned to the kitchen to make another bowl.
• Kexi asked Luna how she had made Phrolova obey, and Luna whispered suggestive advice before telling him Phrolova had stomped on his dough.
• Phrolova served Kexi fresh noodles, and he made her apologize again by threatening to call Luna over.
• Kexi offered Phrolova noodles from his chopsticks, claiming he feared she had poisoned the bowl, then snatched them away and ate them himself.
• Kexi praised the noodles as only a little salty, while Phrolova revealed in her thoughts that she had spat in them.

Kexi forced Phrolova to perform for the household, using threats and intimidation when she refused. Phrolova sang a ridiculous song to a packed hall, leaving Kexi and the audience laughing.

• Kexi pressured Phrolova to feed him and then demanded that she play and sing, threatening to call Luna when she resisted.
• Kexi intimidated Phrolova until she agreed to perform, then summoned Luna to gather an audience.
• Luna warned Phrolova that her maid outfit was torn, and Phrolova changed before Kexi handed her a song score.
• When Phrolova refused to sing the song, Kexi intimidated her into agreeing.
• Kexi introduced Phrolova to the crowded hall, where she sang the absurd song while he explained its opening to the audience.
• Kexi and the crowd burst into laughter as Phrolova finished the song.