Chapter Summaries

Secretary Jin learned that Tang Song would come to New York next month and prepared for his return. After Tang Song bound Tian Jing as his fourth partner, the system generated her cultivation plan, and he considered making her an agent managing the Tang Jin Family Office’s global luxury properties.

• Secretary Jin received Shangguan Qiuya’s message that Tang Song would meet her in New York next month, then began preparing for the shareholders’ meeting and revisited their old photograph.
• Xu Qing told Shen Yuyan about the birthday banquet, including Tang Song’s generous gift to Xiao Jing, and Shen Yuyan urged Xu Qing to invite him to stay after their move.
• Tang Song bound Tian Jing as his fourth partner, received her Fair Skin buff, and the system generated her cultivation plan the next morning.
• Tang Song reviewed the cultivation options and considered placing Tian Jing in Hard Mode as an agent overseeing high-end properties connected to the Tang Jin Family Office and De Ju Ren He.

Tang Song assigned Xiao Jing a system mission to meet Jin Meixiao and build connections with his other partners, while Xiao Jing realized Jin Meixiao might be his true wife. At the TC Private Club, Zhao Yaqian met Xie Shuyu under Zhang Yurong’s introduction and, following Jin Meixiao’s instructions, began approaching her as one of several women she was meant to connect with.

• Tang Song activated Xiao Jing’s Agent cultivation mission, requiring her to meet Secretary Jin, handle a property-rights transfer, and form an intimate connection with another partner.
• Tang Song explained the mission to Xiao Jing over breakfast, and she inferred that Jin Meixiao was likely Tang Song’s true wife.
• Tang Song planned for Xiao Jing to help introduce Zhao Yaqian to Xie Shuyu and other partners.
• Zhang Yurong brought Xie Shuyu to the TC Private Club, where Zhao Yaqian greeted them.
• Zhao Yaqian and Xie Shuyu met and chatted comfortably, while Zhao Yaqian followed Jin Meixiao’s instructions to approach Xie Shuyu.

Ding Furong and Gao Junfeng lost their jobs after the fallout over Zhang Lei, while Xie Shuyu pursued new business partnerships and Lin Mu Xue prepared for London. The chapter ended with Ouyang Xuanyue planning to invite Tang Song to Rong City to see her ailing grandfather, while worrying about Jin WeiXiao’s reaction.

• Li Xin told Ding Furong that he had failed probation, and Ding Furong found Gao Junfeng and learned that Gao had also been fired.
• Ding Furong demanded that Gao Junfeng return the twenty thousand yuan he had paid in kickbacks, and threatened him when Gao refused.
• Meng Ran told Xie Shuyu that dairy executives would attend a private gathering in Rong City, and Zhao Yaqian helped arrange a possible Glimmer Coffee partnership with Isa Beauty.
• Lin Mu Xue agreed to host Tang Song the following evening and sparred with Shen Yuyan over her upcoming London trip and access to Tang Song.
• Mo Xiangwan told Ouyang Xuanyue that Tang Song had agreed she could join the Family Office, and Ouyang planned to invite him to Rong City to visit her ailing grandfather.

Shen Yuyan accompanied Tang Song to a high-tech roadshow and showed him her former company, where she used the visit to confront Du Shaokai with her new status as his Special Assistant. That evening, Tang Song returned to find Zhao Yaqian dancing for him, just as Xiao Xue emerged and joined them.

• Shen Yuyan prepared for the roadshow, briefed Tang Song, and invited him to visit Youjie Home Services before the event.
• At Youjie Home Services, Shen Yuyan introduced Tang Song as her new boss, shocking Du Shaokai, who had once admired her from afar.
• After Tang Song and Shen Yuyan left, Li Meixia ended Du Shaokai's interview, and he searched for information about Confluent Capital.
• Anne called Maurice Mellon and asked him to punish Conrad Mellon for approaching her at a party.
• Tang Song returned to his apartment, where Zhao Yaqian danced for him, and Xiao Xue appeared as they embraced.

Tang Song completed the Control Annie mission after Annie challenged him to a rematch, then returned to apartment 2002 and spent the morning with Lin Mu Xue and Zhao Yaqian. At breakfast, the system rewarded him with the Dew Spring Teapot, while he remembered Su Yu's album release and White Moonlight's birthday on November 18.

• Lin Mu Xue teased Shen Yuyan with a photo of Tang Song, then she, Zhao Yaqian, and Tang Song ate dinner and played a game together.
• Annie called Tang Song and invited him to room 3001, where she prepared for a rematch; Tang Song used a Recovery Potion and went upstairs to meet her.
• Tang Song defeated Annie, cared for her afterward, and completed the Control Annie mission, earning Charm +1, Endurance +3, and Tang Song's Belt.
• Tang Song returned to apartment 2002, woke Zhao Yaqian, and went out for breakfast with her and Lin Mu Xue.
• At breakfast, Tang Song heard about Su Yu's November 18 album release and remembered White Moonlight's birthday; the system then awarded him the Dew Spring Teapot after his halo charge reached 100%.

Cheng Qiuqiu dealt with pressure from her mother, received an intimate gift and kiss from Tang Song, and confided in an online friend while planning to move. Meanwhile, Ouyang Xuanyue welcomed Wen Ruan into the Tang Jin Family Office and revealed a plan for a massive entertainment fund that might require Wen Ruan to oppose Jin Meixiao.

• Cheng Qiuqiu promised her mother Li Meihua that she would return home at the end of the month, then met Tang Song, who gave her lipstick and kissed her.
• Cheng Qiuqiu asked her online friend Su Yu's April for advice about Tang Song and agreed to meet her in Yancheng next month.
• Yao Lingling reminded Cheng Qiuqiu to view an apartment and reported to Tang Song, who doubled her rewards and put her in charge of building a new design team.
• Ouyang Xuanyue told Wen Ruan that she would join the Tang Jin Family Office and accompany her to a Singapore board meeting.
• Ouyang Xuanyue proposed a one-hundred-billion-dollar pan-entertainment fund jointly managed by Wen Ruan and Mo Xiangwan, then asked Wen Ruan to stand firm against Jin Meixiao if she objected.

Lin Mu Xue traveled to London on Annie Kate’s private jet and impressed her friends by revealing their connection. In Shencheng, Wen Ruan agreed to ask Tang Song to visit Ouyang Xuanyue’s grandfather, while Su Yu planned to meet Liu Qingning and grew jealous of her closeness with Tang Song.

• Lin Mu Xue brought Zhang Xi, Zhou Hang, Li Zhe, and Peng Meilin aboard Annie Kate’s Gulfstream G650ER and revealed that Annie was her close friend and work partner.
• The group flew toward London as Lin Mu Xue considered learning about private-jet travel, joining an international elite network, and inspecting Confluent Capital’s London branch.
• Ouyang Xuanyue invited Wen Ruan to lunch, and Wen Ruan reflected that joining Tang Jin’s core decision-making circle might protect her future children but seemed more dangerous than expected.
• Ouyang Xuanyue asked Wen Ruan to invite Tang Song to visit her ailing grandfather in Rong City, and Wen Ruan agreed to speak to him.
• Su Yu told Ouyang Xuanyue she would meet Liu Qingning that night and discuss cooperation on the Xuanji Guangjie project without revealing everything about Tang Song.
• Su Yu noted that Liu Qingning would return to Quancheng for her birthday with Tang Song, and Ouyang Xuanyue warned her that she was jealous again.

Tang Song learned that Ouyang Xuanyue wanted him to visit her ailing grandfather in Rong City, and he planned to bring the Dew Spring Teapot. Meanwhile, Liu Qingning met Su Yu during a business meeting, where Su Yu admitted she had engineered events that separated Liu Qingning from Tang Song and revealed Jin Meixiao wanted him to herself.

• Tang Song assigned Gao Mengting to establish an AI Marketing Department, then learned from Wen Ruan that Ouyang Xuanyue wanted him to accompany her to visit Ouyang Chengping in Rong City.
• Tang Song received a system mission to comfort Ouyang Xuanyue and decided to bring Ouyang Chengping the Dew Spring Teapot.
• Liu Qingning met Su Yu at a meeting about the Xuanji Guangjie collaboration, then spoke with her privately after Zhou Mingkai and Zhuo Bo left.
• Su Yu confirmed Tang Song had written and composed her hit songs, and Liu Qingning realized how close their history was.
• Su Yu apologized and confessed that she had arranged Century Wisdom's Angel Round financing and the move to Shencheng that had separated Liu Qingning from Tang Song.
• Su Yu told Liu Qingning that Jin Meixiao wanted to monopolize Tang Song, leaving Liu Qingning stunned.

Su Yu told Liu Qingning that Tang Song and Jin Meixiao had a hidden history, leaving Liu shaken and suspicious. The next morning, Liu briefly told Tang Song they should break up, then said she was coming to Quancheng for her birthday and their high school’s fiftieth anniversary, while Tang Song sensed that something was wrong.

• Liu Qingning suffered a migraine after Su Yu revealed that Jin Meixiao had threatened her and explained her own jealousy of Liu’s bond with Tang Song.
• Su Yu showed Liu a photograph of Tang Song and Jin Meixiao together, then left to meet Wen Ruan.
• Secretary Jin received reports about Tian Jing, Ouyang, Wen Ruan, and Liu Qingning, and instructed Shangguan Qiuya to let Liu influence Qingning Technology personnel matters and involve her in the Xuanji Guangjie project.
• Secretary Jin reviewed Gao Mengting’s profile and asked Shangguan Qiuya whether Gao resembled her.
• Liu Qingning video-called Tang Song, told him they should break up, then ended the call before explaining; after he called her back, she said she had been teasing him and planned to visit Quancheng for her birthday and Jing County No. 1 High School’s anniversary.
• Tang Song doubted Liu’s explanation, checked the alumni group’s anniversary discussions, and recalled their high school days together.

After learning more about Tang Song’s history with Jin Meixiao and Su Yu, Liu Qingning decided to build her influence at Qingning Technology rather than give up on him. Meanwhile, Jin Meixiao accepted Xiao Jing as an informant and moved to strengthen Liu Qingning’s position in the wider struggle around Tang Yi Precision.

• Liu Qingning revisited old photographs of Tang Song, then searched for information about Smiling Holdings and Jin Meixiao and began recruiting trusted former colleagues to Qingning Technology.
• Xiao Jing met Jin Meixiao and, after struggling to explain her qualifications, pledged loyalty and agreed to report everything about Tang Song to her.
• Xiao Jing secretly recorded her conversation with Jin Meixiao while recounting her personal stories with Tang Song.
• Shangguan Qiuya told Jin Meixiao that Liu Qingning had proposed personnel transfers and recommended Liu Shuang for the Xuanji Guangjie project, with Yingxue agreeing to cooperate.
• Jin Meixiao asked Shangguan Qiuya to contact Professor Wang Chang so he could support Liu Qingning, whom she intended to help gain influence at Tang Yi Precision.

Tian Chengye saw Tang Song’s growing influence draw requests from financiers and provincial officials, while Shen Yuyan represented Confluent Capital at a technology conference. Tang Song’s Songmei Clothing surpassed 100 million yuan in monthly sales, earning him a system achievement and reward, and he prepared to return to Jingya No. 1 High School with White Moonlight.

• Meng Chuan asked Tian Chengye to arrange a chance to apologize to Tang Song after Conrad was exiled from his position, and Tian agreed to ask Jingjing to help coordinate.
• Cao Guohua asked Tian Chengye to sound out Tang Song about investing in Yan Province Bank and offered better credit terms for Zhongcheng Group in return; Tian agreed to meet later.
• Shen Yuyan met Yan Province Development and Reform Commission Director Li Xindong, who sought a meeting with Tang Song and urged Quancheng to pursue Confluent Capital’s investment and Tang Yi Precision’s supply-chain opportunities.
• Tang Song’s Songmei Clothing livestream passed 100 million yuan in monthly sales, completing Planned Task ② and unlocking the Billion-Yuan Club achievement, Charm and Comprehension increases, and an Enterprise Opportunity Card.
• Tang Song checked his improved system stats and planned to return to Jingya No. 1 High School with White Moonlight.

After learning about Tang Song’s history with Jin Meixiao and Su Yu, Liu Qingning turned her heartbreak into a plan to build her influence at Qingning Technology. Meanwhile, Xiao Jing secured a place at De Ju Ren He by pledging loyalty to Jin Meixiao, who then prepared to involve Liu Qingning more deeply in the struggle for influence at Tang Yi Precision.

• Liu Qingning mourned her relationship with Tang Song, then resolved to move forward and take charge of the company named after her.
• Liu Qingning contacted former colleagues and friends, including Huo Lili and Li Ziying, to recruit them or arrange transfers into Qingning Technology and related projects.
• Xiao Jing asked Jin Meixiao to transfer her to De Ju Ren He, and Jin tested her professional strengths before accepting her pledge of loyalty.
• Jin Meixiao gave Xiao Jing a gift and asked her to report everything concerning Tang Song, while Xiao Jing secretly recorded their conversation as Tang Song had instructed.
• Shangguan Qiuya reported Liu Qingning’s staffing proposals and request concerning Liu Shuang, and Jin Meixiao approved the response and asked her to contact Professor Wang Chang to support Liu Qingning.

Tang Song visited Liu Qingning’s parents, shared a private moment with her, and used an Enterprise Opportunity Card to choose Yao Lingling as Songmei Clothing’s event trigger. The chapter ended with Liu Qingning waiting for Tang Song outside Yunjing Terrace just before midnight, dressed in the old jacket from their teenage photograph.

• Liu Qingning showed Liu Xuemin and Zhang Yunlan her payslip, and her parents were stunned by her earnings.
• Tang Song and Liu Qingning went into her bedroom, where he recalled their teenage years and kissed her; afterward, Liu Qingning offered to help her parents replace their car and apartment.
• Tang Song used the Enterprise Opportunity Card and selected fashion designer Yao Lingling to trigger Songmei Clothing’s opportunity event.
• Su Yu learned that her suggested brand name, Heyi, had been adopted and told Mo Xiangwan she planned to wear the clothes in front of the media to provoke Tang Song.
• Liu Qingning called Tang Song just before midnight and waited for him at Yunjing Terrace’s South Gate; he hurried outside and saw her wearing her old pale green and pink down jacket.

On Liu Qingning’s birthday, Tang Song carried her through their old night market, where they reflected on how things had changed and agreed to revisit it together. In Yancheng, Yao Lingling and Cheng Qiuqiu viewed Xu Qing’s apartment, only to discover that Xu Qing’s boyfriend was Tang Song and both women recognized him.

• Tang Song carried Liu Qingning to Third Middle School Street for her birthday, where they ate familiar foods and discussed whether their relationship would change; Liu Qingning asked him to take her around the county town the next day.
• Yao Lingling received Su Yu’s April’s measurements and, after comparing them with Cheng Qiuqiu’s, concluded that the fan was impersonating Su Yu.
• Yao Lingling and Cheng Qiuqiu visited Xu Qing’s apartment and agreed to take over the lease, with Xu Qing offering them half a month to move in and leaving the furniture and appliances.
• Xu Qing bragged about moving to a luxury apartment rented by her boyfriend and showed Yao Lingling and Cheng Qiuqiu his photo.
• Yao Lingling and Cheng Qiuqiu recognized Xu Qing’s boyfriend as Tang Song, leaving Xu Qing alarmed that they might also be connected to him.

Xu Qing discovered that Yao Lingling and Cheng Qiuqiu were also connected to Tang Song, then gave Lingling her remaining apartment lease as a gift for keeping quiet. In Jing County, Tang Song and Liu Qingning revisited their school and an old bookstore, where he revealed a birthday art book chronicling her life.

• Xu Qing learned that Yao Lingling worked for Tang Song and that Cheng Qiuqiu was also close to him, then offered Lingling the rest of her apartment lease in exchange for silence about her boast.
• Yao Lingling asked Cheng Qiuqiu about Tang Song and Gao Mengting, and Cheng confirmed they were a couple while asking Lingling to keep Tang Song's relationships private.
• Tang Song and Liu Qingning spent her birthday shopping and revisiting No. 1 High School, where Liu Qingning asked to sit with him in the viewing area instead of keeping her ceremony guest seat.
• Tang Song and Liu Qingning visited their old bookstore, where Liu Qingning found a birthday art book filled with sketches of her life and Tang Song wished her a happy birthday.

Tang Song and Liu Qingning revisited their hometown, where Liu Qingning was sidelined from No. 1 High School’s anniversary celebration in favor of more influential alumni. The next morning, she surprised Tang Song by putting on her old school uniform, while he also received word that Spring City’s mayor hoped to meet with him.

• Tang Song and Liu Qingning shared dinner, listened to Su Yu’s newly released album, and visited their former teacher Li Gaisu at the anniversary reception.
• Vice Principal Zhang Qingguo prioritized Li Yunfan, Zhao Rui, and other VIPs, leaving Liu Qingning without her planned guest seat and speech; Liu Qingning accepted the change and left with Tang Song.
• Tang Song asked Liu Qingning whether she still had her high school uniform, and she denied keeping it before telling him to visit her the next day.
• The next morning, Liu Qingning sent her parents to shop for a car and prepared the Jing County No. 1 High School uniform she had secretly kept and washed.
• Shen Yuyan told Tang Song that Spring City Mayor Li Jiping wanted to meet him about the city’s development plans, and Tang Song postponed deciding how to respond.
• Liu Qingning invited Tang Song into her bedroom, where he found her wearing her old school uniform.

Tang Song reunited intimately with Liu Qingning before explaining that Quancheng Mayor Li Jiping wanted to meet him at their high school anniversary. Shen Yuyan traveled to Quancheng to coordinate the visit, while local officials and school leaders scrambled to prepare after learning Tang Song was the mayor’s real reason for attending.

• Tang Song and Liu Qingning kissed and became intimate after she put on her old school uniform.
• Shen Yuyan accepted Tang Song’s assignment to travel to Quancheng and coordinated his meeting with Mayor Li Jiping’s office.
• Shen Yuyan left Yancheng for Quancheng while Xu Qing was left to handle their move.
• Tang Song told Liu Qingning that Mayor Li wanted to meet him at the anniversary ceremony to support his hometown.
• Mayor Li called County Party Committee Secretary Zhang Chengming, who summoned county officials to prepare for the visit.
• Principal Liu Zengyin learned that Mayor Li was coming to meet alumnus Tang Song, and Vice Principal Zhang Qingguo recognized Tang Song’s photograph and recoiled in shock.

After the school discovered that Mayor Li had personally requested to meet Tang Song, its leaders rushed to apologize and restore his place at the anniversary celebration. As Tang Song welcomed Liu Qingning to lunch with his parents and heard Tang Maolin ask for help advancing at work, a county party committee delegation arrived at the family’s home, led by Party Secretary Zhang Chengming.

• Zhang Qingguo admitted that he had removed Tang Song and Liu Qingning from the stage seating and canceled Liu Qingning’s speech, prompting Liu Zengyin to urgently contact them and alert county officials.
• Liu Qingning declined to give the restored speech, and Tang Song calmly accepted Liu Zengyin’s apology and the school’s revised arrangements.
• Tang Song and Liu Qingning shared lunch with Xu Feng and Tang Jianying, then welcomed Tang Maolin and Li Qiaoling, who praised Liu Qingning and her exam results.
• Tang Maolin asked Tang Song to help him compete for a deputy director position at the county Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, and Tang Song agreed to look into it.
• Liu Zengyin called to say county leaders wanted to visit Tang Song and his parents, and Tang Song agreed to receive them.
• Tang Song and his family went outside to greet the arriving delegation, where Tang Maolin recognized county officials and was stunned to see Party Secretary Zhang Chengming.

Tang Song welcomed Jing County leaders at his former school and later met Shen Yuyan for dinner, where she discovered that his girlfriend Liu Qingning led major technology projects. The chapter ended with Liu Qingning inviting Shen Yuyan to connect on WeChat, leaving Shen stunned by her rival’s influence and accomplishments.

• Tang Song introduced his parents and uncle Tang Maolin to Jing County Party Secretary Zhang Chengming, who warmly praised Tang Song and acknowledged Tang Maolin’s work in the county bureau.
• Shen Yuyan coordinated with Quancheng officials and realized that Tang Song’s Xuanji Guangjie project could bring major industrial investment to Yan Province.
• Shen Yuyan traveled to Jing County to meet Tang Song, only to find him dining with Liu Qingning, whom she introduced as his girlfriend.
• During dinner, Shen Yuyan flirted with Tang Song beneath the table while reporting on the city’s plans for the anniversary event.
• Liu Qingning revealed that she led Qingmi AI and would also be responsible for the Xuanji Guangjie project, then offered to add Shen Yuyan on WeChat.

Tang Song reunited with his high-school friend Deng Yazi at the hotel, where she shared an old graduation video that reminded him of his youthful promise to give back to his hometown. The system then issued him a mission to secure a major strategic investment during his meeting with Mayor Li Jiping.

• Liu Qingning revealed her senior role in Qingmi AI and the Xuanji Guangjie project, impressing Shen Yuyan and making her feel overshadowed.
• Tang Song teased Shen Yuyan at the hotel but kept their relationship at a distance, then encountered his former classmate Deng Yazi in the lobby.
• Deng Yazi told Tang Song she worked as a reporter for Quancheng TV Station and had come to cover the school anniversary.
• Deng Yazi sent Tang Song a stitched-together photo and a video of his high-school self expressing hopes of succeeding and giving back to No. 1 High School.
• The system issued Tang Song the branch mission The You of the Past, requiring him to take control of the agenda and finalize a major strategic investment during his meeting with Mayor Li Jiping.