Chapter Summaries

Lin Mu Xue faced Qin Yingxue’s warning and Shen Yuyan’s rising standing, then resolved to reshape her online persona while efficiently arranging Tang Song’s Guangzhou trip. Tang Song arranged for Zhang Yan to be investigated, and the chapter ended with Zhang Yan watching her ill, exhausted mother leave into the rain.

• Qin Yingxue warned Lin Mu Xue to reflect on her conduct, and Lin Mu Xue feared that Jin Meixiao and Su Yu’s conflict could threaten her position.
• At a meeting with Kate Trust and Confluent Capital, Qin Yingxue and Marcus Leonard praised Shen Yuyan, while Lin Mu Xue worried that she might be replaced.
• After receiving a detailed black-card spending statement, Lin Mu Xue decided to transform her wealth-focused social media into a financial-investment persona and promptly organized Tang Song’s Guangzhou itinerary.
• Tang Song admired Wen Ruan’s magazine interview, thought about Zhang Yan, and asked Zheng Qiu Dong to investigate her.
• Zhou Hui visited Zhang Yan in Guangzhou, concealed her coughing and abdominal swelling, then left; Zhang Yan watched her mother cough in the rain and feared she was seriously ill.

At a Halloween cosplay event in Yancheng, Xiao Jing drew Xu Qing into an alliance after warning her that powerful women around Tang Song could threaten their place in his life. As Xiao Jing planned to announce her relationship with Tang Song at her birthday party and secure support for her family's business, she resolved to build a wider coalition against Wen Ruan.

• Xu Qing enjoyed the Halloween festivities at Pure Dimensional Culture Hall until she unexpectedly encountered Xiao Jing, who pulled her into photos, games, and shopping.
• Xiao Jing told Xu Qing that Shangguan Qiuya was likely Tang Song's lover and that Wen Ruan was another formidable rival, prompting Xu Qing to fear that Tang Song might leave her.
• Xiao Jing asked Xu Qing to join forces with her, and Xu Qing accepted after realizing how deeply she wanted to stay with Tang Song.
• Xiao Jing took Xu Qing home in a Maybach and privately considered Wen Ruan her greatest threat because Wen Ruan had the status and prospects to marry Tang Song.
• Xiao Jing planned to announce her relationship with Tang Song at her birthday party, recruit allies among his other women, and enlist Shangguan Qiuya's help to save Huineng Electronics and strengthen her family's position.

Tang Song reunited with Wen Ruan in Guangzhou and discussed investing in Zhilian Future, while Zhang Yan struggled through a difficult workday and missed her chance to collect the final volumes of Dragon Ball. Zhang Yan rode away in the rain, still holding on to the wish she hoped to fulfill.

• Tang Song reviewed his progress on the growth plan, then traveled from Hong Kong to Guangzhou while Lin Mu Xue and Shen Yuyan stayed behind for work.
• Tang Song welcomed Wen Ruan at Baiyun International Airport, and they discussed Zhilian Future and plans to inspect the company.
• Tang Song and Wen Ruan checked into the Four Seasons Hotel, spent the afternoon together, and went shopping before returning to their suite.
• At Shu Cheng Technology, Zhang Yan received news that a bookstore had found the last two Dragon Ball volumes she needed, but Director Bai Rui kept her at work late.
• Zhang Yan reached the bookstore at 9:11 p.m. and found it closed, then rode away through the drizzle.

Liu Qingning worried about facing Su Yu, while Tang Song and Wen Ruan worked together on Stardust International Group’s investment in Zhilian Future. In Guangzhou, Zhang Yan finally defied her supervisor to complete her Dragon Ball collection, then sent Tang Song a letter confessing that she had followed him for years.

• Liu Qingning reflected on her regret over Tang Song and remembered Zhang Yan, a former schoolmate who had once appeared around him.
• Tang Song video-called Liu Qingning, then woke Wen Ruan; Wen Ruan teased him about inviting Liu Qingning to join them before they went to work.
• Wen Ruan introduced Tang Song as Confluent Capital’s chairman to Stardust International Group’s Guangzhou executives, and the joint investment team headed to Zhilian Future’s headquarters.
• Zhang Yan requested leave to buy the final two volumes of Dragon Ball, but Bai Rui told the department to work overtime and refused to accommodate her request.
• Zhang Yan shut her laptop, left work despite Bai Rui’s objections, and bought the two rare manga volumes needed to complete her collection.
• Zhang Yan wrote to Tang Song and sent him a letter recalling how she had quietly followed his life for years and offering him her complete 2009 edition of Dragon Ball.

Zhang Yan sent Tang Song a heartfelt letter revealing years of quiet affection, and Tang Song rushed to Guangzhou to see her. After Orange slipped out of the rental house, Zhang Yan found Tang Song waiting outside with the cat.

• Zhang Yan sent Tang Song a message and remembered how she had watched over him and cherished her feelings since middle school.
• Tang Song recognized Zhang Yan as Smiling Breath and, moved by her letter and the Dragon Ball collection, decided to visit her in Guangzhou.
• Lu Lu and Li Chao brought food to Zhang Yan’s rental house, where they celebrated Lu Lu’s first-round interview success at Stardust International Group and encouraged Zhang Yan about work.
• Tang Song arrived at Lanxin Garden and met Orange outside Zhang Yan’s building, then waited nervously with the cat in his arms.
• When Zhang Yan discovered Orange was missing, she searched outside and found Tang Song holding the cat beneath a streetlight.

Tang Song reunited with Zhang Yan after finding her cat, Orange, and spent the evening at her home reconnecting over her Dragon Ball collection. As he left, he took Zhang Yan’s letter and promised to return the next day, then held her hand as they crossed the street.

• Tang Song returned Orange to Zhang Yan and introduced himself to her colleagues, Lu Lu and Li Chao, as Zhang Yan’s good friend.
• Tang Song joined Zhang Yan, Lu Lu, and Li Chao for barbecue at Zhang Yan’s apartment, where he admired her home and drank the walnut milk he had given her years earlier.
• After Lu Lu and Li Chao left, Tang Song thanked Zhang Yan for the Dragon Ball collection and read the first volume with her.
• Tang Song retrieved Zhang Yan’s letter and told her he would come back the next day to finish reading the comics together.
• As Tang Song and Zhang Yan waited at an intersection, he took her hand and led her across the street.

After reuniting with Tang Song, Zhang Yan spent a sleepless, joyful night preparing for his visit the next day. They shared breakfast and comics, and Tang Song returned with supplies to repair the worn walls in her rental house.

• Tang Song said goodbye to Zhang Yan at the subway station, promised to visit the next morning, and later messaged her from his hotel.
• Zhang Yan returned home, confirmed the evening was real, cleaned her rental house late into the night, and dreamed about her middle-school days with Tang Song.
• The next morning, Tang Song met Zhang Yan outside her home, held her hand, and went with her to eat rice noodle rolls.
• Tang Song and Zhang Yan returned to her rental house, read Dragon Ball together, and Tang Song briefly left to buy repair supplies.
• Tang Song came back with paint and tools and began repairing the damaged restroom walls while Zhang Yan helped him.

Wen Ruan visited Liu Qingning and discussed their upcoming Xuanji Guangjie collaboration, while Tang Song spent the day growing closer to Zhang Yan as they worked on her apartment. Their tender moment ended with Zhang Yan learning that her mother was seriously ill and that her parents might divorce over treatment costs.

• Wen Ruan confirmed that Qingning Technology would support the Xuanji Guangjie project and realized Liu Qingning suspected she knew about Su Yu and Tang Song.
• Tang Song met Zhang Yan for breakfast, held her hand, and spent the day reading manga and painting her apartment with her.
• Tang Song caught Zhang Yan when she slipped, and their embrace left her flustered and hopeful about their growing closeness.
• Chen Shuangshuang called Zhang Yan and told her their mother was seriously ill, then asked her to meet at school so they could go to the hospital together.
• Zhang Yan agreed to meet Chen Shuangshuang the next morning and cried after the call ended.

Zhang Yan learned that her mother had cancer and struggled with the fear of losing her, while Tang Song comforted her before leaving Guangzhou. The chapter ended with Zhang Yan and Chen Shuangshuang reaching the hospital, where Chen Yao revealed that their mother had lymphoma and Zhang Yan rushed to embrace her.

• Zhang Yan received the news that her mother was seriously ill, and Tang Song comforted her with dinner, a brief hug, and a pair of iris-shaped earrings before leaving for Yancheng.
• Wen Ruan teased Tang Song about his weekend in Guangzhou, and he persuaded her to help arrange work for Zhang Yan at Stardust International Group.
• Zhang Yan took leave from work and collected Chen Shuangshuang from school so they could accompany their mother to the hospital.
• At the hospital, Chen Yao warned that treatment would be expensive and said their mother had lymphoma.
• Zhang Yan rushed forward, pushed Chen Yao aside, and embraced her frail mother.

Zhang Yan learned that her mother, Zhou Hui, needed urgent treatment for lymphoma, while family conflict and the loss of her job left her overwhelmed. Tang Song arrived, arranged expert care at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, and took Zhang Yan and Zhou Hui there in his Rolls Royce.

• Zhang Yan learned that Zhou Hui's lymphoma had resisted first-line treatment and that second-line options included costly targeted therapy or CAR-T treatment.
• Chen Jinlong hesitated to fund Zhou Hui's care, Chen Yao pressed Zhang Yan to contribute, and Zhang Yan promised to help while Zhou Hui refused treatment.
• Lu Lu secured a job at Stardust International Group after Tang Song recognized her, then told him that something had happened to Zhang Yan.
• Bai Rui told Zhang Yan to resign and refused to pay her outstanding bonuses and expenses, so Zhang Yan threatened labor arbitration.
• Tang Song found Zhang Yan at the hospital, arranged a VIP ward and an emergency specialist consultation for Zhou Hui at Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, and drove them there.

Tang Song helped Zhang Yan bring her mother Zhou Hui to a top cancer center, where experts recommended CAR-T treatment that could cost 1.5 million yuan. Zhou Hui exposed Chen Bingwen and Chen Yao’s reluctance to pay, and Tang Song comforted Zhang Yan before kissing her cheek, leaving her overwhelmed in his arms.

• Tang Song arranged a specialist consultation and private hospital care for Zhou Hui, bringing Zhang Yan and her family to Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center.
• Chen Bingwen arrived after Chen Yao told him what had happened, then pretended to be devoted and scolded her for failing to arrange treatment.
• After doctors recommended CAR-T therapy, Zhou Hui challenged Chen Bingwen and Chen Yao to contribute to the 1.5-million-yuan cost, and they faltered.
• Tang Song arranged Zhou Hui’s admission and dedicated care while Zhang Yan and Chen Shuangshuang stayed with her.
• Zhang Yan told Tang Song she felt unworthy of his help, and he reassured her that they were friends and offered to lend her his strength.
• Tang Song kissed Zhang Yan’s tear-streaked cheek, and she lost her strength and fell into his arms.

Zhang Yan reeled from Tang Song’s kiss and his offer to help her find a stable job, while her mother encouraged her to grow closer to him and to her sister. After Tang Song left to tell Wen Ruan about his past with Zhang Yan, Zhang Yan learned that he was closely connected to Stardust International Group and discovered that Liu Qingning was leading a project with the company.

• Chen Shuangshuang watched Tang Song kiss and embrace Zhang Yan, then told Zhou Hui what she had seen.
• Zhou Hui urged Chen Shuangshuang to become closer to Zhang Yan and worried that her estranged family had targeted Zhang Yan for financial help.
• Tang Song comforted Zhang Yan, discussed her repayment of her mother's medical expenses, and encouraged her to apply for a job at Stardust International Group.
• Tang Song left the hospital and began telling Wen Ruan the story of his childhood connection with Zhang Yan.
• Lu Lu told Zhang Yan that Tang Song's influence had helped her secure a job offer at Stardust International Group and urged Zhang Yan to apply there too.
• Zhang Yan read about a Stardust partnership with Qingning Technology and saw that Liu Qingning was leading the project.

Tang Song asked Wen Ruan to help Zhang Yan join Stardust International and support her emotionally, while Zhang Yan's discovery of Liu Qingning deepened her insecurity and made her pull away from Tang Song. Encouraged by her mother, Zhang Yan chose to stop avoiding him, dressed up, gathered her gifts, and took a taxi to the Four Seasons Hotel.

• Tang Song told Wen Ruan about Zhang Yan's history and asked her to arrange a job and guide Zhang Yan at Stardust International; Wen Ruan objected until Tang Song played a recording of her agreeing.
• At the hospital, Zhang Yan searched for Liu Qingning and learned of her success, then grew distant from Tang Song and declined his encouragement to join Stardust International.
• Zhou Hui sensed Zhang Yan was pulling away from Tang Song and urged her not to repeat her own pattern of retreating from love.
• Back home, Zhang Yan remembered how she had watched Tang Song and Liu Qingning together and how she had hidden her feelings for ten years.
• Zhang Yan put on her earrings, packed thirty-four comic books as a gift, said goodbye to Orange, and took a taxi to the Four Seasons Hotel.

Wen Ruan welcomed Zhang Yan into Stardust International and arranged for her to join as a senior manager, while Tang Song shared a tender farewell with Zhang Yan before returning to Yancheng. At Shu Cheng Technology, Zhang Yan faced public blame from Bai Rui, but Wang Dandan and Wang Chongxian revealed her new role in front of the company, leaving Bai Rui stunned and frightened.

• Wen Ruan comforted Zhang Yan about her mother's treatment, gave her a Montblanc pen, and promised to arrange her work while she cared for Zhou Hui.
• Wen Ruan instructed Wang Dandan to visit Shu Cheng Technology with Wang Chongxian and prepare Zhang Yan's position as Senior Content Cooperation Manager.
• Tang Song surprised Zhang Yan with dumplings on Start of Winter, shared a meal with her, and kissed her goodbye before leaving Guangzhou for Yancheng with Lin Mu Xue.
• At Shu Cheng Technology, Bai Rui introduced burdensome reporting rules and blamed Zhang Yan for poor project results before Chen Min summoned him to prepare for Stardust International's visit.
• Wang Dandan greeted Zhang Yan during the visit and introduced her to Wang Chongxian as Director Wen's chosen new manager, prompting Wang Chongxian to praise her and leaving Bai Rui terrified.

Zhang Yan learned that Wen Ruan had arranged for Stardust International to support her, and Li Yufei promised to investigate Bai Rui’s treatment of her. Aboard Tang Song’s private jet, Xiao Jing invited him to her birthday party and then secured Zheng Qiu Dong’s attendance, leaving her eager to put her secret plan into motion.

• Wang Chongxian welcomed Zhang Yan as a future Senior Content Cooperation Manager, while Li Yufei realized Stardust International had visited Shu Cheng Technology to support her.
• Lu Lu and other employees accused Bai Rui of delaying Zhang Yan’s resignation and pressuring her to forfeit bonuses and reimbursements, prompting Li Yufei to promise an investigation and reprimand Bai Rui.
• Tang Song toured his private jet, where Lin Mu Xue recorded cabin details and later joined him in the master suite.
• Xiao Jing sent Tang Song a birthday invitation and exchanged flirtatious messages with him while he was with Lin Mu Xue.
• Xiao Jing invited Shangguan Qiuya to her birthday party, then accepted Zheng Qiu Dong’s offer to attend and privately celebrated that his presence would strengthen her plan.

Yao Lingling waited anxiously for the launch of her HEYISTUDIO jacket, then ran into Tang Song when he returned to the company. Tang Song reunited with Cheng Qiuqiu, kissed her and gained Comprehension +1 from her blooming Dream Flower Seed, before heading to the livestream room and meeting Gao Mengting.

• Yao Lingling told Cheng Qiuqiu that Tang Song was returning to Yancheng, then went downstairs for milk tea while nervously anticipating her jacket's debut.
• Tang Song met Yao Lingling in the elevator and shared her brown sugar boba milk tea with her on their way back to the office.
• Tang Song asked Cheng Qiuqiu to present her Double Eleven posters, and their kiss bloomed the second Dream Flower, granting him Comprehension +1.
• Tang Song and Cheng Qiuqiu reviewed her posters and discussed the designs before she reminded him that Gao Mengting's livestream was ending.
• Tang Song entered the K1 Live Stream Room, where Gao Mengting saw him and approached with visible joy and longing.

Tang Song reunited with Gao Mengting before Songmei Clothing’s HEYISTUDIO brand debut, and the company’s CityExplorer windbreaker became an extraordinary hit during He Yiyi’s livestream. Meanwhile, Annie Kate invited Wu Kezhi and Zheng Qiu Dong to Tian Jing’s birthday party, and Wu agreed to travel to Yancheng to meet Tang Song.

• Tang Song returned to Songmei Clothing, embraced Gao Mengting in her office, and discussed a Guangzhou AI e-commerce marketing project with her.
• Annie Kate told Zheng Qiu Dong and Wu Kezhi about Tian Jing’s birthday plans, including a presidential suite, a wedding dress, and a ring, then invited them to the party; Wu agreed to go to Yancheng and speak with Tang Song.
• Gao Mengting brought Yao Lingling and Cheng Qiu Qiu to the K3 Live Stream Room, where Tang Song encouraged He Yiyi before the HEYISTUDIO debut began.
• He Yiyi’s livestream drew a growing audience as she introduced the brand and its products, then presented Yao Lingling’s CityExplorer windbreaker.
• CityExplorer passed ¥4 million in sales within six minutes and exceeded ¥5 million in GMV within ten minutes, fulfilling Yao Lingling’s wager with Tang Song.

HEYISTUDIO’s outdoor jacket drove its debut livestream to record sales, and Yao Lingling deferred choosing her promised wish until after Double Eleven. Meanwhile, Qian Lele arranged to meet Tang Song at a short-drama shoot, and Xu Qing invited her online friend Susu to perform in it.

• Tang Song celebrated the jacket’s success with Gao Mengting, Yao Lingling, and Cheng Qiuqiu as the livestream ended with 15.6 million GMV and more than 6.2 million yuan in jacket sales.
• Yao Lingling told Tang Song she would choose her promised wish after Double Eleven, then agreed to let Cheng Qiuqiu stay at her home that night.
• Tang Song and Gao Mengting returned to their rental house and spent the night together.
• Qian Lele’s roommates invited her to join a Friday livehouse shoot, and she asked Tang Song to come; he agreed.
• Xu Qing learned that Susu had more than 400,000 Douyin followers and offered her a singing role in the livehouse scene.

Cheng Qiuqiu asked Yao Lingling if she could share a home with her, while Tang Song spent the morning with Gao Mengting and Zhao Yaqian before receiving a troubled call from Zhang Lei. Tang Song agreed to meet Zhang Lei that evening at Tianji Barbecue Restaurant to hear what had happened.

• Cheng Qiuqiu and Yao Lingling ate breakfast together, and Cheng asked to share a place with Ling Ling and her roommates when their lease ended.
• Gao Mengting rested after Tang Song left her home, and Liu Jiayi drove Tang Song to the TC Club in Chang'an District.
• Zhao Yaqian welcomed Tang Song at the club, and the two played It Takes Two before sharing an intimate moment and lunch.
• Zhang Lei called Tang Song sounding low-spirited and asked to meet for a drink that evening at Tianji Barbecue Restaurant.
• Tang Song agreed to meet Zhang Lei and wondered what had gone wrong since Zhang Lei had started working at Zhongcheng Group.

Zhang Lei told Tang Song that Zhongcheng Group had dismissed him after he failed probation, apparently to make room for a well-connected newcomer. Tang Song invited Xiao Jing to join them at Tianji Barbecue, where Zhang Lei discovered she owned the restaurant chain and realized she was Director Tian’s daughter.

• Zhang Lei learned that Ding Furong’s connections had helped push him out of Zhongcheng Group, then spent his last workday handing over his clients.
• Zhang Lei met Tang Song at Tianji Barbecue and described his dismissal, prompting Tang Song to suspect that Gao Junfeng had targeted him.
• Tang Song called Xiao Jing and invited her to join them; Zhang Lei eagerly ordered more food for his friend’s girlfriend.
• Xiao Jing arrived, and the restaurant’s staff greeted her as their boss, revealing that she was a major shareholder in Tianji Barbecue.
• After Xiao Jing removed her jacket, Zhang Lei recognized her as the woman he had seen with company executives and realized she was Director Tian’s daughter.