Chapter Summaries

Tang Song reviewed his newly inherited Confluent Capital assets, unlocked characters and rewards, and considered how to pursue the next Growth Plan tasks. After learning that Tang Song owned Confluent Capital, Lin Mu Xue asked to transfer there, and he agreed to arrange it.

• Tang Song examined Confluent Capital, unlocked Advisor Annie Kate and Headhunter Zheng Qiu Dong, and inspected the new Asset Blueprint and Light Feather of Memory.
• Tang Song opened the Growth Gift Pack and received 100 million RMB in cash, 500 million RMB in commercial investment funds, and Tang Song's Draft Paper.
• Tang Song reviewed the new Growth Plan tasks, which required him to build a women's clothing brand, raise Songmei Clothing's monthly sales above 100 million RMB, and invest in three potential unicorns.
• Lin Mu Xue learned from Zhang Lili that Juqing Huijin's investment departments were withdrawing and that Zhang Lili would transfer to Confluent Capital, which held a board seat in Meigou International.
• Zhang Lili told Lin Mu Xue that Confluent Capital belonged to Tang Song, and Lin Mu Xue called him to ask about joining her colleagues there.
• Tang Song supported Lin Mu Xue's request and agreed to arrange her transfer to Confluent Capital.

Sun Youguang completed Songmei Clothing’s August cost report, then Tang Song outlined plans to build the company’s own women’s clothing brand. Meanwhile, Xu Qing bragged to her mother about her success and Tang Song, only to learn that her mother planned to visit Yancheng for a wedding and expected to meet her boyfriend.

• Sun Youguang finished the August cost accounting, which showed Songmei Clothing had surpassed 18 million yuan in sales and could earn 3 million yuan in pre-tax profit.
• Tang Song invited Sun Youguang’s girlfriend to Songmei Clothing’s upcoming Crow Mountain team-building event, but Li Juan said her employer might lay her off and she could not take leave.
• Tang Song kissed Gao Mengting in the meeting room before He Yiyi arrived, and the three shareholders reviewed the company’s operations.
• Tang Song proposed that Songmei Clothing create its own women’s clothing brand, and Gao Mengting and He Yiyi agreed to begin planning.
• Xu Qing told Han Yajing that she was a successful author and company shareholder with wealthy admirers, then sent her mother a photo of Tang Song.
• Han Yajing revealed she would visit Yancheng for a wedding next week and asked Xu Qing to bring her boyfriend, leaving Xu Qing stunned.

Xu Qing’s exaggerated claims about Tang Song reached her relatives, prompting her to ask him to pose as her boyfriend for a family visit and arrange a cosplay shoot. Meanwhile, Tang Song prepared to take charge of Confluent Capital, where Lin Mu Xue began her new executive-assistant job and unexpectedly encountered Qin Yingxue.

• Xu Qing’s mother spread embellished stories about her success and supposed boyfriend, and Xu Qing asked Tang Song to meet her family and photograph her cosplay on Saturday.
• Tang Song transferred Xu Qing 50,000 yuan for new costumes, and she sent him a cosplay photo.
• Zhang Chengyuan told Tang Song that Confluent Capital’s staffing and offices were ready, and Tang Song reviewed his growing assets and the company’s role in his portfolio.
• Lin Mu Xue arrived at the financial center, met Lu Ziming, and went to Confluent Capital’s office on the fiftieth floor.
• Zhang Chengyuan gave Lin Mu Xue a contract naming her president’s assistant with a 1.5-million-yuan annual salary, and she signed it.
• As Zhang Chengyuan showed Lin Mu Xue around, Qin Yingxue appeared and greeted her.

Lin Mu Xue settled into her new role at Confluent Capital and learned that Qin Yingxue represented a powerful family office. Meanwhile, Wen Ruan received news that her family’s printing factory acquisition was nearly complete, then met Xie Shuyu for a business discussion that turned tense when Tang Song’s involvement surfaced.

• Lin Mu Xue greeted Qin Yingxue at Confluent Capital, exchanged business cards with her, and explored her new office.
• Zhang Lili told Lin Mu Xue that Qin Yingxue represented the Tang Jin Family Office and had once been Jin Meixiao’s assistant.
• Wen Ruan trained at her private fitness studio, then learned that Liu Qingning’s company had invited her to a product launch and that she had a meeting with Xie Shuyu.
• Zhen Yu told Wen Ruan that negotiations to acquire Yanbei Printing Factory were nearly complete, and Wen Ruan reviewed the proposed agreement and plans.
• Wen Ruan met Xie Shuyu to discuss Glimmer Coffee’s cooperation with Light and Shadow Media, and Xie Shuyu revealed that Tang Song had invested in Glimmer Coffee.
• Zhang Xintong messaged Tang Song that Wen Ruan and Xie Shuyu were about to fight.

Tang Song managed Confluent Investment, reassured Wen Ruan about Xie Shuyu, and recruited Lin Mu Xue into a meeting. Meanwhile, Cheng Qiuqiu was pushed off the Glimmer Coffee project at Inspiration Design, accepted Gao Mengting’s offer to join Songmei Clothing, and resigned; the chapter ended with Wen Ruan listening in as Liu Qingning called Tang Song.

• Tang Song reviewed Confluent Investment’s staffing and business plans, then called Wen Ruan to discuss Xie Shuyu and Qingning Technology’s invitation.
• Tang Song invited Lin Mu Xue to join a meeting, while Xie Shuyu secured a favorable marketing agreement with Wen Ruan and suspected their relationship was unusually close.
• Inspiration Design removed Cheng Qiuqiu from Glimmer Coffee’s project, and Li Jingzhong tried to recruit her for a business trip to Rong City.
• Gao Mengting offered Cheng Qiuqiu a supervisor position on Songmei Clothing’s design team, and Cheng Qiuqiu accepted and announced her resignation from Inspiration Design.
• Tang Song told Wen Ruan that Liu Qingning had asked her to claim she was his girlfriend, and Wen Ruan began reviewing Liu Qingning’s WeChat Moments.
• Liu Qingning called Tang Song to discuss her notes on Qingning Technology’s Unassisted Loss Load-Balancing Strategy while Wen Ruan listened beside him.

Yao Lingling learned that Tang Song had referred Zhang Jiahong to Hua Chang Apparel and invited him to dinner, while Tang Song considered recruiting Ling Ling for his new fashion brand. Shen Yuyan faced a setback when Hou Shaoyuan sold his shares in Youjie Home Services to Gongying Technology, and she learned Xu Qing planned to take cosplay photos with Tang Song the next night.

• Yao Lingling shared Tang Song’s gym photo with Zhang Jiahong and Li Shumin, then discovered Tang Song had referred Zhang Jiahong to Hua Chang Apparel.
• Zhang Jiahong suggested inviting Tang Song to dinner to thank him, and Yao Lingling asked him to come that evening.
• Tang Song accepted the invitation and flirted with Yao Lingling, while thinking about recruiting her for Songmei Clothing’s design team.
• Wei Pingjun told Shen Yuyan and Zhang Tianqi that Hou Shaoyuan planned to sell his 14% stake in Youjie Home Services to Gongying Technology, and they waived their right to buy it.
• Shen Yuyan called Xu Qing for support, and Xu Qing revealed she planned to take cosplay photos with Tang Song at Lanfeng International the next night.

Xu Qing planned a cosplay shopping trip while Cheng Qiuqiu considered resigning from Inspiration Design and accepted Ling Ling’s invitation to dinner with Tang Song. The chapter ended as Qiu Qiu arrived at the hotpot gathering and found Tang Song playing guitar.

• Shen Yuyan invited Xu Qing to cosplay with her, but Xu Qing declined because she had plans with Tang Song and then arranged to shop for costumes with Luo Luo.
• Li Jingzhong persuaded Cheng Qiuqiu to reconsider her resignation, while privately plotting to isolate and manipulate her into becoming his lover.
• Cheng Qiuqiu accepted Ling Ling’s invitation to dinner with Tang Song and hurried home to shower and change before riding to the gathering.
• Tang Song arrived at Ling Ling’s home, thanked Zhang Jiahong for joining Hua Chang Apparel, and shared beer and conversation with the group.
• Tang Song played guitar and sang as Cheng Qiuqiu arrived with fruit; she watched him and felt her heartbeat skip.

Tang Song spent the evening with Yao Lingling, Cheng Qiuqiu, and their friends before riding home with Qiu Qiu. Back at his apartment, he found an old message from Zhang Yan describing her late-night overtime and difficult new living situation.

• Tang Song played guitar for the group, and Cheng Qiuqiu joined them for a relaxed hotpot dinner.
• Yao Lingling gave Tang Song a handmade suit, and he tried it on before hugging and kissing her cheek.
• Shen Yuyan comforted Xu Qing about work and gave her condoms for her planned hotel date with Tang Song.
• Tang Song asked Cheng Qiuqiu for a ride home, and she took him to Yanjing Sky City on her Suzuki.
• Tang Song read Zhang Yan's week-old message about working late, moving into a dark old apartment, and scraping her hand on the stairs.

Tang Song reflected on Zhang Yan’s decade of messages while Xu Qing spent the day shopping for cosplay outfits and boasting to her friends about her wealthy crush. When Tang Song arrived to pick her up in a Rolls Royce, Xu Qing’s friends discovered that her extravagant claims had been true.

• Tang Song realized Zhang Yan had liked him for years, but decided not to reply and instead considered checking her messages in the future.
• Xu Qing dreamed about Tang Song and worried about her figure, but Shen Yuyan brought her breakfast and encouraged her to eat.
• Xu Qing met Ma Luoluo and Zhao Meimei, enjoyed an expensive lunch, then spent nine thousand yuan on six cosplay outfits at Pure Dimensional Culture Hall.
• Xu Qing told her friends that Tang Song was a wealthy, handsome entrepreneur who had booked a presidential suite, and called him to come pick her up.
• Zhang Xiao introduced Yu Chenguang, who was interested in Xu Qing, but she said her boyfriend was already waiting outside.
• Tang Song arrived in a Rolls Royce Phantom with driver Liu Jiayi, stunning Xu Qing’s friends and confirming that her boasts about him were true.

Tang Song brought Xu Qing to Lanfeng International Hotel for a private cosplay photo shoot, then had her dress as a maid and play along with his role-playing. The chapter ended after Tang Song kissed her and touched her chest, leaving Xu Qing panicking that he had discovered her padded bra.

• Xu Qing rode with Tang Song to Lanfeng International Hotel, where she agreed to pose for boudoir photos and role-play as his maid.
• Ma Luoluo and Zhang Xiao were surprised to learn that Tang Song owned Lanfeng International Hotel and had arranged an upgraded suite, dinner, and a spa session for them.
• Tang Song photographed Xu Qing in her Asuka cosplay before asking her to change into a maid outfit and apologize for her earlier attitude.
• Xu Qing knelt before Tang Song in character, and he pulled her close and kissed her, which she realized was her first kiss.
• Tang Song touched Xu Qing's chest through her dress, and she feared he had noticed her padded bra.

Tang Song and Xu Qing shared dinner, drank wine, and took cosplay photos at a hotel before their flirtation turned intimate. Meanwhile, Shen Yuyan wrestled with Youjie Home Services’ setbacks and an invitation to an investor event, ending the chapter alone with Tang Song on her mind.

• Tang Song kissed and teased Xu Qing, and she asked him to pretend to be her boyfriend when her mother visited Yancheng; he agreed and called her his girlfriend.
• Tang Song and Xu Qing ate dinner and drank wine, then continued taking cosplay photos until late at night.
• Xu Qing agreed to stay at the hotel, changed into a Sukumizu, and messaged Scheming Yan that she would not come home.
• Shen Yuyan returned to her apartment discouraged by Youjie Home Services’ stalled growth and Ordinary People’s success.
• Ren Mingyuan invited Shen Yuyan to an investor event in Magic City, and she considered his suggestion to look beyond her struggling company.
• Tang Song and Xu Qing began an intimate encounter after her final cosplay outfit, and Xu Qing asked him to stop if she said to.

Tang Song indulged Xu Qing with promises of a luxury car, a house, and career support, leading her to believe he had loved her since college. Meanwhile, Shen Yuyan struggled with Youjie Home Services failing to qualify for a provincial enterprise list, and the chapter ended with her wondering whether Tang Song was a love-struck fool.

• Tang Song woke beside Xu Qing, teased her, and agreed to lend her a car when she asked for one to show her visiting mother around Yancheng.
• At Yanjing Sky City, Tang Song let Xu Qing choose the Bentley and offered to buy her a car or house and support her career.
• Xu Qing assumed Tang Song had secretly loved her since college, became more affectionate toward him, and drove the Bentley to meet Shen Yuyan.
• Shen Yuyan learned Youjie Home Services had missed the provincial enterprise list while Songmei Clothing and ordinary people had made it.
• Xu Qing showed Shen Yuyan the Bentley and told her Tang Song had offered her a car, a house, and career opportunities, prompting Shen Yuyan to wonder if he was a love-struck fool.

Xu Qing welcomed her mother, Han Yajing, to Yancheng and let her believe the luxury gifts in Tang Song’s Bentley were meant for her. After joining the family at the Hilton, Shen Yuyan arrived and unexpectedly encountered Lin Mu Xue in the lobby.

• Shen Yuyan wondered why Tang Song was so generous to Xu Qing, while Xu Qing dressed up for her mother’s arrival and reassured Shen Yuyan that they would always be sisters.
• Han Yajing and Cui Xueping arrived in Yancheng, and Xu Qing picked them up in Tang Song’s Bentley Continental.
• Xu Qing and her mother mistook the luxury gifts in the Bentley’s trunk for Xu Qing’s present to Han Yajing, and Xu Qing went along with the misunderstanding.
• Xu Qing brought Han Yajing and Cui Xueping to the Hilton, where they reunited with Zhang Huijuan and Liu Xuan and waited for Shen Yuyan.
• Shen Yuyan arrived at the hotel and saw Lin Mu Xue near the elevators; Lin Mu Xue turned toward her, and they exchanged a faint smile.

Shen Yuyan accompanied Lin Mu Xue to Handing Group’s Cloud Top Residence banquet and used Lin Mu Xue’s connections to meet company leaders. At dinner, Xu Qing’s friends learned that her boyfriend was Tang Song, and Wu Wenhao realized that Tang Song was the investor he knew after Lin Mu Xue arrived and greeted him.

• Shen Yuyan ran into Lin Mu Xue and went with her to Handing Group’s Cloud Top Residence banquet, hoping to make contacts for Youjie Home Services.
• Lin Mu Xue introduced Shen Yuyan to Handing Group vice president Zhao Mingwen and other leaders, and Shen Yuyan exchanged contact information with them.
• At the Platinum Crystal Hall, Han Yajing and the others praised Wu Wenhao, while Xu Qing revealed that she worked at a media company producing micro-dramas.
• Liu Xuan connected Xu Qing’s boyfriend Tang Song to the investor who had bought Handing Group’s short drama film and television base for over a hundred million.
• Wu Wenhao asked Xu Qing to confirm whether her boyfriend was the same Tang Song he knew, just as Shen Yuyan and Lin Mu Xue entered the private room.
• Wu Wenhao recognized Lin Mu Xue, who greeted him and confirmed that she knew Xu Qing, leaving him certain that Xu Qing was Tang Song’s girlfriend.

At Xu Qing’s family dinner, Lin Mu Xue confirmed that Xu Qing was Tang Song’s girlfriend and revealed Tang Song’s major investment in the Yannan Short Drama Film and Television Base. Tang Song arrived to meet Xu Qing’s family, while Shen Yuyan watched him and wondered whether becoming his woman could offer her a shortcut to success, despite the risk to her friendship with Xu Qing.

• Shen Yuyan brought Lin Mu Xue into Xu Qing’s family dinner, where Wu Wenhao recognized her as Tang Song’s assistant.
• Wu Wenhao explained that Tang Song had invested 116 million yuan in the Yannan Short Drama Film and Television Base, and Lin Mu Xue confirmed Xu Qing was Tang Song’s girlfriend.
• Xu Qing called Tang Song and went downstairs to meet him, while Lin Mu Xue gave Han Yajing a diamond membership card and told Shen Yuyan that Tang Song had once considered investing in Youjie Home Services.
• Wu Wenhao brought Handing Group executives into the private room, and Zhao Mingwen and his colleagues warmly welcomed Tang Song when he arrived with Xu Qing.
• Tang Song greeted Xu Qing’s family and spoke with the executives, while Lin Mu Xue left with Zhao Mingwen and the others.
• Shen Yuyan compared herself with Lin Mu Xue and considered pursuing Tang Song as a shortcut, but worried it could damage her friendship with Xu Qing.

Tang Song spent the night at Xu Qing and Shen Yuyan’s apartment, teasing Xu Qing and later playing a college-student roleplay with her. The next morning, Zhao Yaqian learned that Wei Xiao planned to visit Yancheng before Mid-Autumn Festival, leaving her to decide how to handle their meeting and her secret connection to Tang Song.

• Han Yajing urged Xu Qing to take care of Tang Song as the couple left the restaurant, and Xu Qing drove him to her apartment in North City Garden.
• Shen Yuyan welcomed Tang Song and Xu Qing home, then spoke with Tang Song about his investment in Yannan Film and Television Base and the prospects of AI.
• Xu Qing changed into her college clothes and roleplayed as a student with Tang Song while Shen Yuyan listened from the living room.
• Zhao Yaqian exercised, went to work at Isa Beauty, and received a call from Wei Xiao, who said she would visit Yancheng before Mid-Autumn Festival.
• Zhao Yaqian decided she would bring Lin Mu Xue to meet Wei Xiao, whom Shangguan Qiuya had identified as Tang Song’s official girlfriend.

Tang Song completed Wen Ruan’s second cultivation mission, qualifying her as a Partner and unlocking a health-protecting skill while she took control of Light and Shadow Media. After Shangguan Qiuya invited Wen Ruan into several influential business and entertainment groups, Wen Ruan realized her new status had drawn the attention of powerful figures.

• Tang Song finalized plans for the Brand Department, approved a car-rental framework agreement, and agreed to buy Gao Mengting a Mercedes-Benz E300L.
• Tang Song received notice that Wen Ruan had exceeded 60% Growth Progress, gained bonuses, and unlocked the Prolonged Sitting Guardian skill for her.
• Tang Song messaged Wen Ruan and Zhao Yaqian, while Zhao Yaqian said she would visit him that night.
• Wen Ruan led a meeting at Light and Shadow Media, then learned from Zhen Yu that she could take over Yanbei Printing Factory the next day.
• Shangguan Qiuya added Wen Ruan to the Smiling Ecosystem Alliance, and Mo Xiangwan and Luo Bin invited her to entertainment-media and investment groups.
• Wen Ruan saw prominent business figures welcome her into the groups and worried that powerful people had taken notice of her.

Tang Song helped Wen Ruan expand her career network, while he spent the evening reconnecting with Zhao Yaqian at the neighborhood where they first met. The chapter ended with Xiao Jing asking Tang Song to punish her over a video call.

• Wen Ruan thanked Tang Song for fulfilling his promise to support her career and told her father she would return home to discuss taking over Yanbei Printing Factory.
• Liu Ying tried to befriend Zhao Yaqian for professional advantage, then changed her attitude after seeing Tang Song arrive in a Rolls Royce Phantom to pick Zhao Yaqian up.
• Tang Song and Zhao Yaqian visited her former workplace, met Li Wen, bought matching caps, and ate fried skewers on the Pedestrian Street.
• Tang Song and Zhao Yaqian returned to their apartment, where she showered while he prepared whiskey and fruit in the audiovisual room.
• Xiao Jing told Tang Song she might meet Director Jin after training, then admitted she had smoked and drunk and asked him to punish her over a video call.
• Tang Song ordered Xiao Jing to spank herself and then continue a sexual act, while considering whether Secretary Jin could manipulate her.

Wen Ruan visited her relatives, promised Wen Pingshun a job, and gave him 100,000 yuan while revealing her confidence that Yanbei Printing Factory would be saved. At the acquisition ceremony, she arrived as the new owner, stunning her family and the factory workers.

• Wen Ruan discussed Yanbei Printing Factory’s debts with her parents and hoped Su Yu’s plans would help it recover.
• Wen Ruan visited the injured Wen Pingshun, arranged a job for him, and transferred him 100,000 yuan.
• Wen Ruan told Wen Jianxin that he could become the factory director, then said she would surprise him at the factory the next day.
• Wen Ruan arrived at Yanbei Printing Factory’s acquisition ceremony with her assistant team and Tang Yi Precision representatives present.
• Wen Jianxin, Wen Pingshun, and the assembled workers recognized Wen Ruan as she stepped out of a Maybach, shocked by her arrival.

Wen Ruan took full control of Yanbei Printing Factory and secured a far-reaching cooperation deal with Tang Yi Precision, learning that Ouyang Xuanyue had personally ordered the support. That evening, Tang Song left Gao Mengting’s home to meet Wen Ruan, and Cheng Qiuqiu saw him sharing an intimate moment with Gao Mengting before heading toward her new job at Songmei Clothing.

• Wen Ruan signed the agreement to acquire all of Yanbei Printing Factory for 1.5 million yuan, while Wen Yunxiang acknowledged her as the new owner and apologized to Wen Jianxin.
• Wen Ruan and Fang Sijun signed a cooperation memorandum that canceled layoffs, promised back wages, and brought equipment, financing, training, and orders from Tang Yi Precision.
• Fang Sijun told Wen Ruan that Ouyang Xuanyue had personally instructed Tang Yi Precision to support the factory, and Wen Ruan received Ouyang’s assistant’s contact information.
• Tang Song received Wen Ruan’s call while visiting Gao Mengting, then left to meet Wen Ruan at Shengyuan Jiajing, with Gao Mengting driving him there.
• Tang Song kissed and touched Gao Mengting in her car, while Cheng Qiuqiu watched from nearby and later walked toward her rental home, preparing to start work at Songmei Clothing.