Chapter Summaries

Ouyang Xuanyue prepared for Tang Song to take over Xuanji Light Realm and discussed the company’s plans with him, while Tang Song outlined Songmei Clothing’s expansion into a broader fashion group. Jiang You Rong joined the Xuanji Light Realm project and failed to resist milk tea and cake, and Qian Lele arranged to visit Tang Song the next evening with a scarf she had knitted.

• Secretary Jin told Ouyang Xuanyue that Tang Song would become Xuanji Light Realm’s chief executive officer, and Ouyang later confirmed the appointment with Tang Song by phone.
• Ouyang Xuanyue ordered Xuanji Light Realm’s new headquarters completed by Tang Song’s birthday, arranged Shen Yuyan’s appointment as Chief Ecosystem Officer, and asked Chen Jing to track Lin Mu Xue’s movements.
• Tang Song called a shareholders’ meeting at Songmei Clothing and proposed opening flagship stores, using AI in the supply chain, and building the company into a new type of fashion group.
• Jiang You Rong secured university support to join Xuanji Light Realm, told Qian Lele she would be away from the lab, and ate the milk tea and Durian Mille-feuille Qian Lele brought her.
• Qian Lele messaged Tang Song to arrange a visit, and he sent her the route to Yanjing Sky City so she could bring him her knitted scarf the next evening.

Lin Mu Xue prepared for a triumphant return to Chang'an after learning she would lead Rongliu Capital's inspection delegation, while Shen Yuyan arrived in Shencheng for a summit and discovered that Tang Song had arranged a high-level reception for her. The chapter left Shen Yuyan stunned as her former suitor watched senior figures welcome her and convey Ouyang Xuanyue's greetings.

• Lin Mu Xue agreed to attend her cousin Jia Jia's engagement in Chang'an and became excited when Chen Jing asked her to lead Rongliu Capital's delegation there for an energy-sector inspection.
• Lin Mu Xue visited the barbecue stall run by Weiwei's mother, then shared food and plans for her hometown trip with Zhao Yachian and He Liting.
• Zhao Yachian persuaded Lin Mu Xue to go with her to Yunding Mansion, where Tang Song joined them in the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.
• Shen Yuyan arrived in Shencheng and learned from Zhang Tianqi that her former admirer Chen Wenxin would attend the summit.
• Chen Wenxin tried to impress Shen Yuyan with his company's ties to Tang Yi Precision, but Zhou Li announced that Chen Jing and Zheng Qiudong had arrived to meet her.
• Zheng Qiudong and Chen Jing welcomed Shen Yuyan on Tang Song's and Ouyang Xuanyue's behalf, leaving Shen Yuyan, Zhang Tianqi, and Chen Wenxin startled.

Shen Yuyan joined [Xuanji Light Realm] as Chief Ecosystem Officer, received a 0.04% option grant, and began meeting her new team. Elsewhere, Wen Ruan cultivated an alliance with Gao Mengting, while Secretary Jin arranged for Shen Yuyan to accompany Tang Song to the New York Global Shareholders' Meeting.

• Chen Jing and Zheng Qiudong welcomed Shen Yuyan at the JW Marriott Hotel and escorted her to discuss her new role, leaving Zhang Tianqi and Chen Wenxin stunned by her connections.
• Secretary Chen offered Shen Yuyan the Chief Ecosystem Officer position at [Xuanji Light Realm], with responsibility for its ecosystem and brand departments, direct reporting to Tang Song, and options worth 0.04%; Shen Yuyan signed the appointment documents.
• Zheng Qiudong introduced Shen Yuyan to the experienced staff who would form the core of her new departments.
• Wen Ruan met Gao Mengting at [Guangying Media], discussed a potential collaboration between [Zhilian Future] and [Songmei Clothing], and sought to build a supportive relationship ahead of the coming power struggle.
• Secretary Jin learned that Lin Mu Xue was preparing for a trip to Chang'an and furnishing her new Magic City apartment, then instructed Shangguan Qiuya to ask Tang Song to bring Shen Yuyan to the New York Global Shareholders' Meeting.

Yao Lingling advanced Songmei Clothing’s AI-assisted fashion design work and discussed the Yimai Technology collaboration with Tang Song. Their flirtation turned intimate in his private lounge, where Ling Ling revealed she was in her fertile window and Tang Song chose not to use a condom.

• Yao Lingling used Qingmi AI to research fashion trends and reviewed Tang Song’s materials on Yimai Technology while noting that her detachable goose-down jacket was doing well in trial production.
• Yao Lingling exchanged messages with her mother about meeting her boyfriend and buying a car, then agreed to visit Wen Ruan that evening.
• Sun Youguang told Yao Lingling that Tang Song wanted to see her, and she went to his office after fixing her appearance.
• Yao Lingling and Tang Song discussed applying AI to color and fabric forecasting and style-collection concepts, while flirting and sharing a kiss.
• Yao Lingling followed Tang Song into his private lounge, told him she was in her fertile window, and agreed to have sex without using the condom she had brought.

Tang Song received Little Umbrella’s mission to make Qian Lele stay overnight and help train Jiang You Rong to lose weight, then invited Lele to Yanjing Sky City. Lele spent the evening eagerly making her way there, and the chapter ended as she spotted Tang Song waiting at her bus stop.

• Tang Song discovered Little Umbrella’s Warm Man Training mission, which required Qian Lele to stay overnight and supervise Jiang You Rong’s week-long weight-loss training.
• Tang Song realized Jiang You Rong was set to become his third assistant and messaged Qian Lele to tell him when she left school.
• Qian Lele studied in the laboratory, where she caught Jiang You Rong eating sweets after her mentor had insisted she needed to lose weight.
• Qian Lele dressed up and boarded the No. 31 bus to Yanjing Sky City, excited about seeing Tang Song.
• Qian Lele saw Tang Song waiting at the bus stop, and he smiled and waved to her.

Tang Song welcomed Qian Lele to his home, where she gave him a handmade scarf and agreed to stay the night; meanwhile, Shen Yuyan attended the summit in Shencheng and unexpectedly met Su Yu, who hinted that Tang Song had noticed her years earlier.

• Tang Song met Qian Lele at the bus stop, held her hand, and accepted the scarf she had knitted for him.
• Tang Song brought Qian Lele to his apartment, where they ate dinner and she cleaned before he persuaded her to stay overnight.
• Qian Lele found clothes Tang Song had prepared for her, then joined him for wine and games in the audiovisual room.
• Tang Song read Zhang Yan's message about her mother's recovery and her plans to visit Yancheng before answering that he would show her familiar places.
• Shen Yuyan prepared to face Yuanjian Shares and Gongying Technology at the summit, then encountered Su Yu at the hotel.
• Su Yu recognized Shen Yuyan from a 2018 university gala and told her Tang Song had taken a liking to her then.

Su Yu reflected on her history with Tang Song and arranged to visit Wen Ruan, while Qian Lele spent the morning exercising and cooking with Tang Song. At the Shencheng summit, Shen Yuyan prepared to confront old rivals as Annie Kate revealed her interest in Ouyang Xuanyue’s Xuanji World and hinted at an impending meeting with her new “daughter.”

• Su Yu called Wen Ruan to arrange a stay in Yancheng next weekend, then recalled how she and Tang Song had spent 2018 before writing his name across her skin.
• Qian Lele woke at Tang Song’s home, exercised with him, and offered to make breakfast and handle the housework.
• Shen Yuyan exchanged flirtatious messages with Tang Song, then realized Yu Yu had known him since their university days and wondered about his background.
• Shen Yuyan prepared for the summit and planned to meet representatives from Yuanjian Shares and Gongying Technology, while Ren Mingyuan and Wang Yubo worried about her influence.
• Wang Lean warned Wang Yubo to behave professionally at the summit and prove he deserved to inherit Yuanjian Shares.
• Annie Kate discussed Shen Yuyan and the upcoming New York shareholders’ meeting with Qin Yingxue, then said she wanted to meet Ouyang Xuanyue and hinted that she was about to gain an obedient “daughter.”

At the summit, Shen Yuyan confronted Wang Yubo and Ren Mingyuan with her new authority as [Xuanji Light Realm]'s Chief Ecosystem Officer, while Ouyang Xuanyue observed her assessment from a VIP room. Later, Tang Song contacted Jiang You Rong with a staged kidnapping of Qian Lele and summoned her to Yanjing Sky City.

• Ren Mingyuan and Wang Yubo approached Michael Chen to seek a partnership for [Gongying Technology], and Zhou Li offered to take them to meet President Shen.
• Wang Yubo and Ren Mingyuan discovered that President Shen was Shen Yuyan, who ignored Wang Yubo and led her entourage away, leaving them humiliated.
• Ouyang Xuanyue instructed Chen Jing to record Shen Yuyan's performance for Tang Song and declined Annie Kate's request to meet.
• Jiang You Rong turned down Wang Hengbin's hotpot invitation after Tang Song messaged her, then learned that Qian Lele was supposedly in his hands and was told to come to Yanjing Sky City after three.

Jiang You Rong agreed to Tang Song’s teasing invitation to come ransom Qian Lele, while Tang Song kept Lele in Yanjing and entertained her with a VR game. Lin Mu Xue prepared to travel to Chang’an for a government inspection and arranged for her team’s welcome luncheon to coincide with her cousin Jia Jia’s engagement banquet, setting up a chance to impress her relatives.

• Jiang You Rong accepted Tang Song’s invitation to visit at three that afternoon after he joked that she would have to ransom Qian Lele in person.
• Tang Song told Qian Lele to stay until the next morning, promised to arrange leave for her, and gave her access to his home.
• Tang Song introduced Qian Lele to a VR zombie-shooting game, and she played excitedly while he coached her.
• Lin Mu Xue told her brother she would arrive in Chang’an before Jia Jia’s wedding banquet, then learned that her team’s luncheon would be held at the same hotel.
• Lin Mu Xue realized the luncheon venue was next to Jia Jia’s banquet hall and looked forward to showing her relatives her success.

Jiang You Rong visited Tang Song at his home to discuss her new role at Xuanji Light Realm, where he made her weight loss plan an onboarding KPI and pressured her to accept Qian Lele as her supervisor. The chapter ended with Jiang You Rong agreeing after Tang Song embarrassed her by revealing he knew about her private belongings.

• Jiang You Rong arrived at Tang Song’s home, where Qian Lele welcomed her and explained that she was safe and being treated well.
• Tang Song asked Jiang You Rong to introduce herself as Xuanji Light Realm’s new Director of University Cooperation and Technology Transfer, and he recalled meeting her at Smile Investment.
• Tang Song touched Jiang You Rong’s waist, commented on her weight, and then had her weigh herself, recording 63 kilograms.
• Tang Song gave Jiang You Rong a strict meal and exercise plan as her onboarding KPI, and she agreed to follow it.
• Tang Song proposed that Qian Lele supervise Jiang You Rong around the clock, but Jiang You Rong refused until he hinted that he knew about the intimate toys in her apartment.
• Jiang You Rong agreed to cooperate with Tang Song’s work arrangements after he promised to keep her secret private.

Tang Song assigned Qian Lele to supervise Jiang You Rong’s fitness training before Qian Lele left with an affectionate farewell. At a summit banquet, Qin Yingxue revealed to Shen Yuyan that Tang Song secretly controlled a major stake in Smiling Holdings, while Su Yu confronted Ouyang Xuanyue about her plan to publicize Tang Song’s proposal and demanded that Ouyang help her compete with Jin Meixiao for him.

• Tang Song gave Qian Lele a one-week schedule to supervise Jiang You Rong’s exercise and diet, and Jiang You Rong persuaded Qian Lele to accept the task.
• Jiang You Rong and Qian Lele packed to leave Tang Song’s apartment, and Qian Lele hugged and kissed Tang Song goodbye.
• Qin Yingxue told Shen Yuyan that Tang Song controlled the two mysterious SPVs holding 5% of Smiling Holdings and that Jin Meixiao had invited Shen to the shareholders’ meeting in New York.
• Ouyang Xuanyue met Su Yu for dinner, where Su Yu announced she would use Tang Song’s proposal scene to promote her film and include his name in the cast list.
• Su Yu told Ouyang Xuanyue she feared Jin Meixiao would take Tang Song from her and asked whether Ouyang would compete with Jin for him; Ouyang replied that it was not impossible.

Ouyang Xuanyue joined Su Yu in opposing Jin Meixiao, then publicly signaled her feelings for Tang Song and pushed a city investment proposal forward. Jin Meixiao answered with a plan to transfer her Qingning Technology shares to Liu Qingning, while Zhang Yan prepared for a business trip and Lin Mu Xue set out for Chang'an.

• Ouyang Xuanyue agreed to help Su Yu contend with Jin Meixiao and warned that Jin’s surveillance and control over Tang Song’s lovers threatened the balance of power.
• Su Yu posted a photo with Ouyang Xuanyue, and Tang Zong Entertainment announced the suspension of Su Yu’s public and commercial activities; Ouyang told Zheng Qiudong she had admitted her feelings for Tang Song and ordered preparations for a city investment proposal.
• Shangguan Qiuya reported Ouyang Xuanyue’s confession to Jin Meixiao, who ordered Qin Yingxue to contact Ouyang about transferring her personal Qingning Technology shares into a trust for Liu Qingning.
• Zhang Yan told Zhou Hui about her upcoming business trip to Yancheng and the Imperial Capital, while Zhou Hui encouraged her to visit Tang Song and bring him home-cooked food.
• Lin Mu Xue prepared to travel with her Rongliu Capital team and left Yancheng for Chang'an.

An author’s note explained that the next update about Xiao Xue’s triumphant homecoming was delayed, then a free extra followed Xu Qing’s imagined rise to fame, wealth, and romance. Xu Qing woke up to find the lavish life and celebrity attention had only been a dream.

• The author said back pain had lowered their writing efficiency and postponed the Xiao Xue update until tomorrow.
• In the dream, Xu Qing enjoyed her wealth and maid Xiao Jing while Shen Yuyan reported her script’s huge success and Su Yu’s request to work with her.
• Xu Qing met Su Yu, who admired her knowledge of system stories, and Tang Song proposed to her after becoming the world’s richest man.
• Xu Qing acted in her drama, dismissed Lin Mu Xue’s investment request, and celebrated Su Yu and Ouyang Xuanyue praising her online.
• Xu Qing fell out of bed and woke in her familiar bedroom, realizing the events had been a dream.

Lin Mu Xue flew from Yancheng to Chang'an for her cousin Jia Jia’s engagement banquet, while keeping her wealthy, successful life hidden from her relatives. At her parents’ home, Lin Mu Chuan and his parents prepared to see her after two years apart, but his wife Peng Xiaomeng’s hostility and the family’s financial troubles left the reunion tense before it began.

• Lin Mu Xue messaged Tang Song from the airport, read her relatives’ plans for Jia Jia’s engagement banquet, and boarded a private jet with her investment team.
• Lin Mu Xue told Lin Mu Chuan she was flying to Chang'an and would reach the banquet on time, while her relatives assumed she worked in finance and suggested she seek a job through Jia Jia.
• At home, Lin Baoshan and Wang Suxia anxiously awaited Lin Mu Xue, while Peng Xiaomeng criticized her for missing Lin Mu Chuan’s wedding and their son’s birth.
• Peng Xiaomeng warned Lin Mu Chuan not to let his parents give Lin Mu Xue money, citing their debts and his failing company; Lin Mu Chuan privately asked his parents to give his sister money without Peng Xiaomeng finding out.
• Lin Baoshan and Wang Suxia recalled selling the homestead promised to Lin Mu Xue and using her savings to help Lin Mu Chuan buy a home, which had led to their falling-out with her.
• Lin Mu Chuan’s family prepared a two-thousand-yuan red envelope for Jia Jia and drove away in their old Nissan Sylphy.

Lin Mu Xue returned to Chang'an as the head of a capital inspection delegation and traveled to the Shangri-La Hotel for Shi Mengjia and Zhao Peng’s engagement banquet. As her family waited among the bride’s relatives, Lin Mu Chuan went to meet her, while Peng Xiaomeng hurried to reach her first.

• Lin Mu Xue landed in Chang'an and was welcomed by government staff, including Wang Chen, who said Mayor Li would host a banquet for her delegation.
• Lin Mu Xue told Lin Mu Chuan she was on her way to the hotel and exchanged excited messages with relatives in the family group chat.
• Lin Mu Chuan arrived at the Shangri-La Hotel with Peng Xiaomeng and his parents, and the family congratulated Shi Mengjia and Zhao Peng before joining the bride’s relatives in Peony Hall.
• Zhao Peng’s family welcomed Director Feng from the High-Tech Zone Administrative Committee, impressing the guests and stirring Lin Mu Xue’s parents to consider her marriage prospects.
• After Lin Mu Chuan received Lin Mu Xue’s message that she was minutes away, he prepared to meet her, but Peng Xiaomeng insisted that she and Lin Mu Chuan go while his parents stayed behind.

Lin Mu Xue returned to Chang'an as a powerful company president, accompanied by officials and an entourage, and stunned her family and relatives at Jia Jia's engagement banquet. After Mayor Li praised her parents for raising her, she left to attend the official luncheon, promising to return shortly.

• Lin Mu Chuan and Peng Xiaomeng waited outside the hotel for Lin Mu Xue and were shocked when she arrived with a convoy and a large entourage.
• At Peony Hall, relatives discussed Lin Mu Xue's absence until Zhao Peng's mother summoned him to meet Mayor Li and provincial leaders welcoming an honored guest.
• Lin Mu Xue emerged from the private elevator with officials and her team, greeted Jia Jia, and entered the banquet hall as the relatives recognized her.
• Lin Mu Xue greeted her relatives and explained that the provincial government had invited her to represent her company in an inspection of the Western Photovoltaic New Energy Industrial Cluster project.
• Mayor Li shook hands with Lin Baoshan and Wang Suxia and praised them for raising Lin Mu Xue, then Lin Mu Xue left with him to attend the official luncheon.

Lin Mu Xue returned to her relatives’ engagement banquet after a government reception, and her newfound status and wealth transformed how the family treated her. She showed them her luxury homes and celebrity connections, while her parents remained burdened by guilt over their estrangement.

• After Lin Mu Xue left for the government reception, Mayor Li’s greeting and her influential position astonished the relatives, and Zhao Changhong’s family apologized and moved them to seats near the main table.
• Zhang Tao told the relatives that Rongliu Capital managed nearly one hundred billion yuan, while Wang Suxia and Lin Baoshan worried that Xiao Xue still resented them.
• Lin Mu Xue returned to Jia Jia’s engagement banquet, offered the couple a Cartier bracelet, and gave Wang Zhaohui the renovation job for her new Swan Bay apartment.
• Lin Mu Xue took her parents to Swan Bay in a Bentley, then showed the relatives her spacious duplex, which she had paid for nearly in full.
• Lin Mu Xue revealed that she also owned a home in Magic City and showed the family a photo of herself with Bei Weiwei, explaining that she was close friends with Su Yu.

Ouyang Xuanyue accepted Jin Meixiao’s plan to place major shareholders’ [Qingning Technology] stakes in a trust for Liu Qingning, then moved to consolidate [Xingyun International Group] shares under Wen Ruan. As Wen Ruan absorbed the news and Zhang Yan prepared to travel north, Tang Song confirmed he would meet Zhang Yan at the airport.

• Qin Yingxue told Ouyang Xuanyue that Jin Meixiao would transfer her 7% [Qingning Technology] stake into a trust benefiting Liu Qingning, and Ouyang agreed to place her own 5% into it.
• Ouyang Xuanyue told Qin Yingxue that she and Su Yu would transfer their [Xingyun International Group] shares to Wen Ruan, and Qin agreed to notify Jin Meixiao.
• Su Yu told Wen Ruan about the share transfers, and Jin Meixiao later confirmed she would also transfer her roughly 11% stake while arranging for Wen Ruan to become an Oxford visiting scholar.
• Wen Ruan reassured Zhang Yan about her trip to Yancheng, while Zhang Yan packed gifts and quietly wrote about her anticipation of seeing Tang Song.
• Zhang Yan accidentally sent Tang Song a message asking whether he would pick her up, and Tang Song confirmed he would meet her at Yancheng International Airport at 11:30 the next morning.

Tang Song welcomed Zhang Yan back to Yancheng with roses and took her to lunch, while she remembered the years she had spent longing to be near him. The chapter left them driving together through Yancheng after their reunion.

• Tang Song exercised, spoke with Liu Qingning about AR and AIGC, and teased Xu Qing after catching her eavesdropping.
• Zhang Yan traveled from Guangzhou to Yancheng and reconnected with her university friends Cheng Xiaoyue and Lin Feifei in their group chat.
• Zhang Yan recalled how she had repeated a year of high school and later attended university in Yancheng so she could remain near Tang Song.
• Tang Song met Zhang Yan at the airport, gave her eleven red roses, and kissed her cheek.
• Tang Song secured Zhang Yan's seat belt and drove her away from the airport in his white Bentley Continental.

Liu Qingning learned that Tang Song had become Xuanji Light Realm’s global CEO and would be moving his work to Shencheng, stirring her hopes and regrets about their relationship. She also uncovered that Director Jin had orchestrated Professor Wang Chang’s early encouragement and career move, but reaffirmed her bond with Wang and her resolve to protect Qingning Technology.

• Liu Qingning met with her trusted colleagues and confirmed to Li Ziying that Qingning Technology had been named after her.
• Li Ziying recalled how Professor Wang Chang had brought Liu Qingning into the 2018 Internet Plus competition team despite the other students’ doubts.
• Liu Shuang told Liu Qingning that Tang Song had been appointed global CEO of Xuanji Light Realm and would focus his work in Shencheng.
• Liu Qingning welcomed Professor Wang Chang to Qingning Technology, then confronted her and learned that Director Jin had arranged both her early involvement with Liu and her new position.
• Liu Qingning forgave Wang Chang personally and declared that she would do her best to ensure Qingning Technology belonged to her in the future.