Chapter Summaries

Lin Chen received a three-month system mission to earn at least one million yuan independently, then discovered a potentially undervalued painting at an art bonded warehouse. Yan Qingyue invited him to a Macau sales fair, giving him a chance to pursue the opportunity while their relationship continued to shift.

• The system assigned Lin Chen a mission to make one million yuan in net profit within three months without using Yan Qingyue or her company’s resources, with a penalty for failure.
• Yan Qingyue took Lin Chen to an art bonded warehouse to handle appraisal and filing for the jeweled flower ornament, where he noticed a faint reaction from a seemingly ordinary oil painting.
• Lin Chen learned that a collector had brought the painting for temporary storage and concealed his interest when Yan Qingyue watched him.
• Yan Qingyue invited Lin Chen to a private sales fair in Macau the following week, and he accepted the chance to attend as her personal assistant.
• Yan Qingyue privately viewed Lin Chen’s acceptance as him taking the bait, while finding their increasingly probing relationship more interesting.

Lin Chen borrowed 500,000 yuan from the system before traveling to Macau with Yan Qingyue for a private meeting. While searching for bargains on his own, he found a mysterious chip that Golden Eye identified as immeasurably valuable, just as Yan Qingyue called him to leave.

• Lin Chen took the system’s interest-free loan, giving him 700,000 yuan to spend in Macau.
• Lin Chen and Yan Qingyue flew to Macau and checked into a shared suite with separate bedrooms.
• After Yan Qingyue left to meet someone, Lin Chen searched antique shops and stalls near the Ruins of St. Paul's.
• Lin Chen bought a blackened metal box from an old street vendor for 300 patacas after Golden Eye detected a faint reaction.
• Lin Chen opened the box and discovered a dark blue chip that Golden Eye identified as a high-density information storage unit with technology far beyond the present.
• Yan Qingyue knocked on Lin Chen’s door and told him it was time to leave for the private meeting.

At a private meeting in Macau, Lin Chen searched for undervalued treasures while wondering whether anyone could identify his mysterious chip, then was lured into an ambush apparently arranged by Zhang Weiming. Yan Qingyue rescued him, and after they returned to their suite, her unexpectedly intimate gesture left Lin Chen wondering how their relationship was changing before they went to see the final collection piece.

• Lin Chen hid the chip and its parts, then accompanied Yan Qingyue to the private meeting and used his Golden Eye to check the exhibits.
• Zhang Weiming approached Yan Qingyue, mentioned a mysterious final piece linked to lost technology, and mocked Lin Chen before the two of them walked away.
• During the break, a waiter spilled juice on Lin Chen and led him to a secluded room, where two men seized him and threatened him for getting close to Yan Qingyue.
• Yan Qingyue arrived with hotel security, freed Lin Chen, and took him away as Zhang Weiming appeared and tried to act uninvolved.
• Back in their suite, Yan Qingyue asked Lin Chen why Zhang Weiming was targeting him, straightened his collar, and told him they would return to see the final collection piece.

After the Macau auction, Lin Chen returned home with the mysterious chip and tried unsuccessfully to figure out how to use it. Yan Qingyue teased him through Little Moon, sending a provocative photo as punishment for hiding his discovery, while Lin Chen was left flustered and secretly eager for more.

• A Middle Eastern collector bought the purported Da Vinci manuscript at the auction, while Lin Chen left with no new purchases and kept the iron box and chip he had found.
• On the flight home, Yan Qingyue reflected on her growing feelings for Lin Chen and told him to rest and stay safe after dropping him at his apartment.
• Lin Chen spent the next day testing the unresponsive chip, then received a message from Little Moon asking about his supposed discovery in Macau.
• Yan Qingyue pressed Lin Chen to reveal the treasure, but he denied finding anything and tried to change the subject.
• Yan Qingyue sent Lin Chen a revealing photo as a playful punishment, and he apologized in a flustered rush of messages.
• Lin Chen hid the photo in a private album and took a cold shower, secretly anticipating Little Moon's next punishment.

After Lin Chen crashed into Yan Qingyue at work, he feared she would fire him, while she secretly planned a bolder online “punishment” for him as Little Moon. The chapter left Lin Chen unaware of her plan and still anxious about his job and bonus.

• Lin Chen returned to work distracted by Little Moon’s photo and fantasized about punishing her when they met.
• Lin Chen collided with Yan Qingyue in the hallway, spilling coffee and burying his face in her chest.
• Yan Qingyue heard Lin Chen’s thoughts blaming Little Moon and threatening to punish her, then left without openly reprimanding him.
• Lin Chen spent the day fearing Yan Qingyue would fire him, while she privately grew angrier at his thoughts.
• Yan Qingyue planned to send Lin Chen a more daring video as Little Moon, intending to keep her identity hidden.

Yan Qingyue sent Lin Chen ten alluring photos as punishment, then doubled his workload at the company the next day. As Lin Chen stayed late to finish his tasks, Yan Qingyue enjoyed the control she had over his emotions and schedule.

• Yan Qingyue teased Lin Chen about the punishment she had prepared and sent him ten seductive photos, leaving him flustered and with a nosebleed.
• Yan Qingyue told Lin Chen to work harder from the next day onward, and he pleaded with her to spare him.
• Lin Chen arrived at work on Saturday and discovered that President Yan had assigned him twice his usual workload.
• Yan Qingyue checked on Lin Chen as he struggled through documents and meetings, then told him to deliver the results by Monday morning.
• Lin Chen stayed late to finish his work while Yan Qingyue relaxed at home and looked forward to deciding his next reward or punishment.

Yan Qingyue visited her grandfather, who pressed her to find a husband and give him a great-grandchild. As she tried to fend him off, she kept thinking about Lin Chen and left wondering why she found him interesting.

• Yan Qingyue accepted Old Master Yan's invitation to dinner at the family residence.
• Old Master Yan urged Yan Qingyue to find a boyfriend and described several eligible young men.
• Yan Qingyue thought of Lin Chen's unusual behavior and caught herself smiling.
• When Old Master Yan questioned her, Yan Qingyue described Lin Chen as her clumsy young assistant and claimed he liked someone else.
• Old Master Yan suggested Yan Qingyue could still pursue Lin Chen, and she eventually escaped the dinner conversation.
• On her drive home, Yan Qingyue tried to dismiss her thoughts of Lin Chen but admitted to herself that he seemed different.

Old Master Yan investigated Lin Chen after noticing Yan Qingyue's unusual reaction when speaking about him, then arranged for her to bring Lin Chen to a family dinner. Yan Qingyue realized her grandfather may have guessed her feelings and worried about how Lin Chen would behave, while Lin Chen remained unaware of the meeting awaiting him.

• Old Master Yan asked A Zhong to secretly investigate Lin Chen, including his background, character, and connections.
• A Zhong reported that Lin Chen seemed ordinary but that Yan Qingyue gave him special attention and their relationship appeared closer than a normal workplace one.
• Old Master Yan decided he needed to meet Lin Chen and called Yan Qingyue, asking her to bring him to her father's birthday dinner.
• Yan Qingyue tried to refuse, but Old Master Yan insisted and ended the call before she could object.
• Yan Qingyue suspected her grandfather had noticed her feelings and worried that Lin Chen would reveal too much at dinner, while Lin Chen remained unaware of the invitation.

Lin Chen accompanied Yan Qingyue to the Yan Family's old residence, where he won Old Master Yan's approval and completed the system mission. On the ride back, Yan Qingyue grew furious after hearing Lin Chen think about both marrying her and his online girlfriend, Little Moon, and planned a new punishment for him.

• Yan Qingyue told Lin Chen to join her for dinner with Old Master Yan and coached him to behave as a proper subordinate.
• The system assigned Lin Chen a mission to earn Old Master Yan's approval, and Lin Chen prepared gifts before accompanying Yan Qingyue to the old residence.
• Lin Chen answered Old Master Yan's questions sincerely, praised Yan Qingyue, and showed her consideration during dinner.
• Old Master Yan approved of Lin Chen and urged Yan Qingyue to hold on to him and give him a great-grandchild.
• Yan Qingyue heard Lin Chen's thoughts about marrying her and missing Little Moon, then planned to send him a video and five photos as a punishment.
• The system rated Lin Chen's mission completion excellent, while he noticed Yan Qingyue's mood turning colder on the ride home.

After Yan Qingyue dropped Lin Chen off, she prepared a late-night punishment by sending him a seductive video and photos from her Little Moon account. Lin Chen was overwhelmed by them, while Yan Qingyue laughed at his replies and went to bed satisfied, leaving him to face another sleepless night.

• Lin Chen thanked Yan Qingyue after she dropped him off, but she drove away coldly and privately resolved to punish him later.
• Near midnight, Yan Qingyue filmed a seductive video and took five photos, then sent them to Lin Chen with teasing messages.
• Lin Chen watched the video and photos, suffered a nosebleed, and sent Yan Qingyue frantic pleas for mercy.
• Yan Qingyue laughed at Lin Chen's replies, warned him not to do anything naughty, and wished him good night.
• Lin Chen hid the video and photos on his phone and went to the bathroom, anticipating another sleepless night.

Lin Chen struggled through work after Yan Qingyue’s video kept him awake, while she teased him and enjoyed his confusion. Yan Qingyue ended the day pleased with her influence over him and considered how to continue their game.

• Lin Chen arrived at the office exhausted after spending the night awake because of the video Yan Qingyue had sent.
• Yan Qingyue teased Lin Chen about having a girlfriend and being tormented, leaving him flustered as she listened to his thoughts.
• Yan Qingyue assigned Lin Chen urgent work but spoke more gently than usual and praised one of his reports.
• Yan Qingyue stayed in a good mood throughout the day while Lin Chen struggled with his workload and her teasing.
• After returning home, Yan Qingyue revisited the video and photos she had sent and began considering a new way to tease Lin Chen.

With less than two months left to earn one million yuan in net profit, Lin Chen searched for a way to use his abilities and resources while Yan Qingyue gave him a brief respite. She invited him to an artificial intelligence investment seminar with Huake Capital, leaving him hopeful it might help him find a path forward.

• Lin Chen noticed Yan Qingyue and Little Moon had stopped teasing him, and he felt unsettled by the sudden calm.
• The system warned Lin Chen that less than two months remained to complete his mission and that failure would cost him a skill and all his system points.
• Lin Chen reviewed his abilities, money, and connections, then decided to look for undervalued special items that he could appraise with Golden Eye.
• Yan Qingyue told Lin Chen to prepare materials and accompany her to an artificial intelligence investment seminar with Huake Capital the next morning.
• Yan Qingyue privately decided to give Lin Chen time and opportunities to focus on business before resuming her teasing.

Lin Chen learned that the chip contained a tiny fragment of advanced strong-AI technology and decided to share its ideas with Little Moon, who asked for help with an AI problem. He began preparing a summary for her to take to President Yan, unaware that the material could cause a major technological upheaval.

• Lin Chen asked the system to analyze the Macau chip and learned it held 7.3% of a strong-AI framework estimated to be 10–15 years ahead of its time.
• Lin Chen worried that the technology was too dangerous to use or sell, then considered giving it to President Yan because of her company's AI work.
• Yan Qingyue messaged Lin Chen as Little Moon and asked for ideas or materials to help solve an AI algorithm problem at work.
• Lin Chen told Little Moon that he had found potentially advanced AI materials, and she asked to see a sample and suggested President Yan test it.
• Encouraged by Little Moon's promise of a perk and her affectionate messages, Lin Chen agreed to prepare a summary of the core ideas for her.
• Yan Qingyue thanked Lin Chen and wondered what effect the materials would have when she received them as President Yan, while Lin Chen began translating the concepts into an accessible summary.

Lin Chen gave Yan Qingyue a USB drive containing futuristic AI concepts, which she recognized as a potentially world-changing breakthrough. As they headed to a seminar, Yan Qingyue worried about the technology’s risks and Lin Chen’s safety while he remained unaware of the crisis gathering around them.

• Lin Chen gave Yan Qingyue an encrypted document of AI ideas, claiming it came from an online friend.
• Yan Qingyue read the document and realized its concepts could solve major research bottlenecks and transform the AI industry.
• Yan Qingyue summoned Director Li alone and ordered him to bring the highest-level secure storage device.
• Yan Qingyue grappled with guilt over deceiving Lin Chen and concern that the technology could put him in danger.
• Lin Chen and Yan Qingyue rode to the seminar in silence, each absorbed in their own worries.

Yan Qingyue told Old Master Yan about the advanced AI material Lin Chen had provided, and he warned her to keep its source secret and investigate Lin Chen. On the drive back, she spotted a suspicious man and confirmed that a black sedan was following them, leaving her unsure whether Lin Chen was a threat or an unwitting source of danger.

• Yan Qingyue called Old Master Yan and described the AI material Lin Chen had given her.
• Old Master Yan warned Yan Qingyue that the material could be a dangerous secret and told her to conceal its source and investigate Lin Chen.
• Yan Qingyue returned to the seminar and watched Lin Chen, wondering who he really was.
• On the drive back, Yan Qingyue spotted a man watching their car at a café and ordered the driver to take a detour.
• Yan Qingyue saw a black sedan follow them and decided to protect the company and Lin Chen until she learned the truth.

After a suspicious black sedan followed their car, Yan Qingyue pressed Lin Chen for the source of the technical documents, and he claimed he had found a chip in an iron box bought at a Macau secondhand stall. The system warned Lin Chen that he and Yan Qingyue faced an unknown high-level crisis, leaving Yan determined to strengthen security as Lin feared for his life and his unfinished main quest.

• Yan Qingyue returned to the company after the car shook off the suspicious black sedan and summoned Lin Chen to question him about the technical documents.
• Lin Chen said he had bought an iron box containing a chip at a secondhand stall near the Ruins of St. Paul's in Macau, then used computer tools to extract the data.
• Yan Qingyue concluded that the technology's source might attract multiple factions and that both she and Lin Chen could be in danger.
• The system issued Lin Chen an emergency Crisis Survival quest, warned of mortal danger if he failed, and reminded him that fewer than 50 days remained for his main quest.
• Yan Qingyue ordered Lin Chen to keep the technology secret and promised she would protect him, then resolved to investigate their pursuers and strengthen security.
• Lin Chen returned to his desk, shaken by the warning and worried that he had not yet completed the one-million quest.

As the company crisis deepened and his missions seemed impossible, Lin Chen received the system’s final emergency investment tip and decided to put all 700,000 yuan into Xinghai Technology. He joined Yan Qingyue on a trip to the technology center, where she grew more suspicious of his sudden excitement.

• Lin Chen endured two tense days at the company, fearing the crisis would cost him his skills, his job, and his chance to complete his missions.
• The system recommended that Lin Chen invest all 700,000 yuan in Xinghai Technology ahead of an expected government announcement, predicting substantial gains and unlocking the System Shop after mission completion.
• Lin Chen checked the stock and planned to buy in small batches the next day, convinced the investment was his last chance to meet the profit target.
• Yan Qingyue caught Lin Chen looking excited, asked what was making him happy, and told him to accompany her to the technology center to hear Director Li’s preliminary report.
• During the drive, Yan Qingyue wondered whether Lin Chen knew something about the technology, while he imagined the stock rising and his mission succeeding.

Lin Chen secretly invested 700,000 yuan in Xinghai Technology, and a government policy announcement sent its shares to the limit up, apparently completing his system mission. Yan Qingyue’s investigation linked the threat surrounding Lin Chen to people searching for the iron box, leaving her determined to protect him as the danger grew.

• After hearing about Xinghai Technology’s breakthrough, Lin Chen began secretly buying its shares while Yan Qingyue investigated the black sedan and the Macau stall where he said he had found the technical materials.
• Yan Qingyue learned that the sedan’s plates and vehicle records were fake, then tested Lin Chen by asking whether he traded stocks or had insider information; he denied both.
• By Thursday’s close, Lin Chen had invested all 700,000 yuan in Xinghai Technology shares at an average cost of about 8.5 yuan per share.
• On Friday, a government announcement about investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure sent Xinghai Technology to the limit up, and Lin Chen celebrated what he believed was a million-yuan profit and a completed system mission.
• Yan Qingyue received a report that investigators had found the Macau stall but not the iron box, and that unknown people connected to the sedan were also asking about it; she resolved to keep Lin Chen on high alert.

Lin Chen completed the business empire quest, received system rewards, and unlocked the System Shop. Before he could sell his stock, a hacker attack hit the company, leaving him and Yan Qingyue facing an escalating threat.

• Lin Chen completed the main quest after earning about 1.05 million yuan from Xinghai Technology stock and received 500 system points, Intermediate Information Insight, and a mysterious gift package.
• Lin Chen browsed the System Shop but decided to save his points and focus on selling his stock.
• A massive hacker attack disabled the company network and breached its firewall, putting internal data at risk.
• Yan Qingyue ordered the company to cut external connections, investigate the breach, and seal the building, then assigned Lin Chen to help calm employees and maintain order.
• Lin Chen helped the administrative department manage the frightened employees and resolved to get stronger as the company faced the unknown threat.

Lin Chen used a newly acquired hacking skill to help Yan Qingyue’s company repel an attack on the Alpha project’s core data and crash the attackers’ server. The next day, investors crowded around the project, leaving Yan Qingyue to face a new and uncertain test with Lin Chen as a crucial variable.

• Lin Chen spent 800 System Shop points on a Hacking Basics Skill Scroll and used it to gain cybersecurity knowledge.
• Lin Chen persuaded Yan Qingyue to let him assist the technical department, where he identified the attack’s methods and target.
• Lin Chen directed the team to divert the attack into a data trap, trace a proxy, reinforce encryption, and deploy a countermeasure program.
• The team repelled the attack and crashed the attackers’ main server, and Yan Qingyue thanked Lin Chen for saving the company’s data.
• The next day, investment firms, industry giants, and powerful private investors contacted Yan Qingyue to invest in the Alpha project.