Chapter Summaries

Chen Ze agreed to pose as Shangguan Mingyue’s intimate companion at a banquet to sabotage her proposed marriage, accepting an extra million for the job. After dressing for the occasion, they arrived at Rose Manor, where they were set to mingle with the wealthy guests.

• Chen Ze met Shangguan Mingyue at her office, where she asked him to act as her boyfriend and help ruin her proposed marriage.
• Chen Ze agreed to act intimately with Shangguan Mingyue after she offered him another million, and she transferred the money.
• Shangguan Mingyue drove Chen Ze to an upscale clothing store, where he received a makeover and changed into elegant attire.
• On the drive to Rose Manor, Shangguan Mingyue suggested Chen Ze become her partner and asked him to call her darling or wife, but he declined.
• Chen Ze and Shangguan Mingyue arrived at Rose Manor and entered its lavish grounds and villa.

Chen Ze accompanied Shangguan Mingyue to the Cheng Family manor for a birthday banquet, where she planned to resist an arranged marriage to a Wang Family relative. After exchanging barbed remarks with Wang Jingjing, Shangguan Mingyue introduced Chen Ze as the man she loved, and Wang Jingjing tried to provoke her by attempting to poach him for Huasheng Entertainment.

• Shangguan Mingyue gave Chen Ze a red coral longevity Buddha to present to her grandmother and explained that he should help disrupt her arranged marriage.
• Chen Ze reasoned that ruining the match would not be enough if the Shangguan Family still wanted the benefits, and Shangguan Mingyue agreed to let him try.
• Shangguan Mingyue and Chen Ze arrived at the Cheng Family manor, where guests gossiped about her return and the expected match with a forty-year-old Wang Family widower.
• Wang Jingjing taunted Shangguan Mingyue about becoming her aunt, and Shangguan Mingyue countered by mocking Wang Jingjing's struggling company, Huasheng Entertainment.
• Shangguan Mingyue introduced Chen Ze as the man she loved, and Wang Jingjing praised his singing before asking him to join Huasheng Entertainment.
• Shangguan Mingyue reminded Wang Jingjing that Chen Ze already belonged to Tianmei Entertainment, and Wang Jingjing withdrew her offer with a pointed remark.

At Shangguan Hong’s birthday banquet, Shangguan Mingyue arrived with Chen Ze and openly rejected the marriage arranged with Wang Yu, exposing the conflict between her and her family. Chen Ze helped ease the gathering’s tension with a flattering birthday greeting, but the chapter ended as Wang Yu asked whether Chen Ze was the reason Mingyue refused to marry him.

• Wang Jingjing insulted Chen Ze as Shangguan Mingyue’s kept man, and Mingyue took Chen Ze upstairs by the hand.
• Shangguan Mingyue presented Shangguan Hong with a birthday gift, but Shangguan Hong ignored her until Shangguan Wan'er stepped in to ease the awkwardness.
• Chen Ze introduced himself to Shangguan Hong and charmed her with an explanation of his birthday blessing, then greeted the other relatives politely.
• Wang Yu challenged Shangguan Mingyue about having a partner despite their engagement, and Mingyue said she had never accepted their engagement.
• Wang Fengzhi tried to defend Wang Yu and urged the pair to understand each other, but Mingyue condemned the Wang Family and accused Shangguan Hong of trading her for personal gain.
• Shangguan Hong threatened to expel Mingyue from the family, and Chen Ze stopped Mingyue from replying as Wang Yu asked if Chen Ze was why she would not marry him.

Chen Ze helped Shangguan Mingyue defy her family’s marriage alliance with Wang Yu, then learned more about her situation as they talked by the sea. He returned to Jade Dragon Villa District with her, only to find his sister Xixi was not home.

• Chen Ze accused Wang Yu of being the real interloper and mocked him until Wang Yu fainted; Shangguan Hong then ordered Chen Ze away from Shangguan Mingyue.
• Shangguan Mingyue refused to marry Wang Yu or give up Chen Ze, and she left the banquet with him, ending the proposed alliance.
• By the sea, Shangguan Mingyue explained her situation with Wang Yu and said she could support herself even if the Shangguan Family cast her out.
• Chen Ze offered Shangguan Mingyue a job as president of his future company if she lost everything, and she laughed at his ambition.
• Shangguan Mingyue revealed that her villa was next door to Chen Ze’s; when they entered his home, Chen Ze found Xixi absent and called her.

Chen Ze visited Shangguan Mingyue’s villa, where her drunken questions about his feelings turned into a struggle and a kiss. Chen Xixi’s phone call interrupted them, and Chen Ze left after putting the unconscious Shangguan Mingyue to bed, unsure how she would react in the morning.

• Chen Ze spoke with Chen Xixi, who said she was shopping for study materials, then went inside with Shangguan Mingyue.
• Shangguan Mingyue showed Chen Ze her villa and discussed his songs, asking whether he had written one about a secret love.
• Shangguan Mingyue asked whether Chen Ze had meant his claim of love at first sight, and Chen Ze denied being in love with her.
• When Chen Ze tried to leave, Shangguan Mingyue grabbed and pinned him down, demanding that he say he liked her before kissing him.
• Chen Xixi called and said she had returned, prompting Chen Ze to stop; he found Shangguan Mingyue passed out drunk.
• Chen Ze carried Shangguan Mingyue to bed, wiped her down, and left the villa.

After Shangguan Mingyue apologized for her drunken behavior, she mistook Chen Ze’s indifference for embarrassment and declared she would confess to him later. Chen Ze returned to the penthouse, where he comforted Zheng Yanxi after finding her drunk and worried he had abandoned her, then agreed to help her bathe.

• The system informed Chen Ze that he had completed a mission, awarded him attribute and Empathy Points, and deducted points from his debt; he assigned his free attribute point to his looks.
• Shangguan Mingyue remembered kissing Chen Ze while drunk, decided to apologize, and visited his home while he was out running.
• Shangguan Mingyue apologized to Chen Ze and offered to take responsibility for him, but he said nothing had happened; she misread his response and left, promising to confess later.
• Chen Ze returned to the penthouse and found Zheng Yanxi drunk on the sofa, where she told him she had feared he no longer wanted her.
• Chen Ze comforted Zheng Yanxi and agreed to help her bathe, and she carried him into the bathroom.

Chen Ze went fishing and endured advances from Lin Man, Tang Tang, Xiao You, Duoduo, and He Shuting, returning home without a single fish. He found Zheng Yanxin waiting at the apartment, where she threatened him over his relationship with Zheng Yanxi and overpowered him in a struggle.

• Chen Ze went fishing by the river, where Lin Man and then Tang Tang, Xiao You, and Duoduo flirted with him.
• He Shuting joined Chen Ze and questioned him while they fished; Chen Ze caught a woman's undergarment and left at noon without catching any fish.
• Chen Ze returned to the apartment and found Zheng Yanxin, Zheng Yanxi's older sister, waiting for him.
• Zheng Yanxin offered Chen Ze five million to leave Zheng Yanxi, then threatened to beat him to death when he refused.
• Zheng Yanxin and Chen Ze grabbed each other's throats before she pinned him down and restrained his hands.

Chen Ze fought off Zheng Yanxin when she attacked him for dating Zheng Yanxi, then told Zheng Yanxi that her sister was in love with her. Zheng Yanxi rushed to confront their parents, while Shangguan Mingyue prepared an elaborate romantic surprise for Chen Ze.

• Zheng Yanxin slapped Chen Ze and pinned him down, but he headbutted and bit her until she choked him unconscious before leaving him behind.
• Shangguan Mingyue received gifts and arranged roses, fireworks, a yacht, and a helicopter for a romantic surprise for Chen Ze.
• Chen Ze woke up, called Zheng Yanxi, and told her that Zheng Yanxin had attacked him and admitted she liked her sister.
• Zheng Yanxi returned home, comforted Chen Ze, and realized her sister's past bullying and interference may have stemmed from her feelings for her.
• Zheng Yanxi hurried to tell their parents and confront Zheng Yanxin, then burst in on Zheng Minhong and asked her mother to stand up for her.

Zheng Yanxin admitted she had beaten Chen Ze because she believed he had taken Zheng Yanxi from her, and the sisters fought after Yanxi rejected her declaration of love. Meanwhile, Chen Ze turned down Shangguan Mingyue’s dinner invitation for that night, so she postponed her confession plan until the evening after tomorrow.

• Zheng Yanxi told Zheng Minhong that Zheng Yanxin had hit Chen Ze, prompting Zheng Minhong to summon Yanxin and strike her with a ruler.
• Zheng Yanxin confessed that she loved Zheng Yanxi and had hit Chen Ze because she believed he had taken her sister away.
• Zheng Yanxi rejected Yanxin’s claims and attacked her, and Wang Ning and Zheng Minhong struggled to pull the sisters apart.
• Zheng Yanxin threatened to beat up every man Zheng Yanxi found, so Yanxi rushed at her again and the office descended into chaos.
• Chen Ze worried about Zheng Yanxi’s long absence, then declined Shangguan Mingyue’s invitation for that evening and said he would be free the evening after tomorrow.
• Shangguan Mingyue canceled her planned confession for that night and told her assistant to move it to the evening after tomorrow.

After Zheng Yanxi returned bruised from fighting Zheng Yanxin, Chen Ze moved back in with Chen Xixi and began planning a short-video company. Shangguan Mingyue then had him picked up, dressed up, and brought to the Deep Sea Aria restaurant at Music Sea Ark for dinner.

• Zheng Yanxi told Chen Ze she had beaten Zheng Yanxin, and Chen Ze agreed to stay away from her sister for the time being.
• Chen Ze moved back to the small villa, where Chen Xixi welcomed him and said she would protect him when she grew up.
• Chen Ze decided to start a short-video company, and the system assigned him a nonrefusable mission to establish a company with a core team within three months.
• Chen Ze researched hiring and company registration, then remembered Shangguan Mingyue had invited him to dinner and planned to ask her for advice.
• Assistant Wang picked Chen Ze up, took him to be dressed and made up, and drove him to the Deep Sea Aria at Music Sea Ark.