Chapter Summaries

Xiao Jing arranged a revenge scheme against Li Jingzhong and learned that Annie Kate wanted her to become Tang Song’s indispensable agent. In New York, Tang Song played Liszt’s Liebestraum No. 3 for Secretary Jin at the celebration, leaving the story on her watching him perform.

• Xiao Jing confirmed that Lily and Coco had prepared a recorded setup to humiliate Li Jingzhong, then planned to bring Qianqian to watch.
• Annie Kate warned Xiao Jing that the world was more complex than she knew and urged her to please Song and become his indispensable agent.
• Annie Kate recalled Tang Song’s assignment for her to infiltrate and ultimately take over the declining Kate Family.
• At a shareholders’ meeting in New York, Director Jin reviewed detailed reports while Tang Song and Secretary Jin exchanged knowing glances.
• After the meeting, Tang Song and Secretary Jin shared a private moment overlooking Manhattan before he asked her to close her eyes.
• Tang Song sat at the grand piano and began playing Liszt’s Liebestraum No. 3 as Secretary Jin and the guests watched.

Tang Song played Liebestraum No. 3 for Secretary Jin at The Peak, then learned Su Yu was waiting for him in Paris while she struggled with his distance. Back in New York, Tang Song went to Secretary Jin’s bedroom to care for her, and she left a mark on his collarbone as they prepared to see snow together.

• Tang Song performed Liebestraum No. 3 at The Peak, and Secretary Jin agreed to take a walk with him in Central Park to see the snow.
• Su Yu learned that Tang Song had joined the family office and, during a call, heard him confirm he would come to Paris and stay at her apartment near Trocadero Square.
• Tang Song returned to the suite, where Secretary Jin ended their discussion and went to bed; later, Shangguan Qiuya asked him to bring her medicine because she was unwell.
• Tang Song brought Secretary Jin the calming soup, massaged her, and agreed to stay beside her in bed.
• Secretary Jin reminded Tang Song that they planned to see the snow in Central Park, then kissed and bit his collarbone, leaving a deep red mark.

Tang Song and Secretary Jin shared an increasingly passionate kiss in New York while Xie Shuyu and Meng Ran met Ouyang Xuanyue in Quancheng. Ouyang offered Glimmer Coffee major investment and a partnership, then revealed Tang Song’s powerful roles, while secretly aiming to entangle the women around him in Tang Jin’s interests.

• Tang Song persuaded Secretary Jin to kiss him again, and their passionate kissing continued as snow began falling outside.
• Xie Shuyu and Meng Ran discussed Glimmer Coffee’s expansion and Tang Song before Secretary Chen summoned them to meet Ouyang Xuanyue.
• Ouyang Xuanyue welcomed Xie Shuyu and Meng Ran, asked Xie Shuyu to accompany her Quancheng inspection, and offered Glimmer Coffee Tang Jin investment and a Xuanji Light Realm partnership.
• Xie Shuyu said she needed to consult Tang Song before accepting, and Ouyang revealed that he led Xuanji Light Realm and held a core role at the Tang Jin Family Office.
• Ouyang Xuanyue privately resolved to muddy the waters by binding the women around Tang Song more closely to Tang Jin’s interests.

Xie Shuyu and Meng Ran learned more about Tang Song’s powerful roles in Xuanji Light Realm and the Tang Jin Family Office, while Ouyang Xuanyue quietly arranged support for Songmei Clothing and its young executives. In New York, Secretary Jin prepared to leave for Europe, and she finally told Tang Song that his existence gave the world meaning to her.

• Meng Ran found foreign reports naming Tang Song as Xuanji Light Realm’s global CEO and a Tang Jin Family Office strategic partner, and Xie Shuyu resolved to ask him about Glimmer Coffee’s future.
• Jiang You Rong told Xie Shuyu that she was traveling to Quancheng as a Xuanji Light Realm representative after her lab reached a technical cooperation agreement with the company.
• Dr. Zhang reported that Ouyang Xuanyue’s grandfather’s health had improved, prompting Ouyang Xuanyue to arrange favorable storefront terms, technical assistance, and design talent for Songmei Clothing without telling Tang Song.
• Secretary Jin told Tang Song she was leaving New York for Europe and agreed to train Lin Mu Xue in the family office’s operations and assistant work.
• Tang Song and Secretary Jin shared an intimate farewell in Central Park, and she finally answered his question by saying that as long as he lived, the world would have meaning to her.

In New York, Secretary Jin told Lin Mu Xue she would train her and warned Shen Yuyan that loyalty and vision mattered more than cleverness in Tang Song’s inner circle. Back in Yancheng, Cheng Qiuqiu prepared to fly to Paris for Su Yu’s birthday and learned that she would stay at Su Yu’s home, possibly with Tang Song.

• At the Monarch Club, Secretary Jin told Lin Mu Xue that her assistant work needed to become more professional and said she would personally train her.
• Secretary Jin assessed Shen Yuyan’s ambition and scarcity mindset, then urged her to value loyalty and vision as she worked in Tang Song’s inner circle.
• In Yancheng, Cheng Qiuqiu received a message from Tang Song wishing her a happy Winter Solstice and reminding her to travel safely to Paris.
• Ling Ling encouraged Cheng Qiuqiu to enjoy the Paris trip and share photos, while Cheng Qiuqiu privately imagined sharing Tang Song with Su Yu.
• Cheng Xiaoxi told Cheng Qiuqiu that Su Yu wanted her to stay at Su Yu’s Paris home instead of a hotel, leaving her wondering whether Tang Song would be living there too.

Cheng Qiuqiu flew toward Paris and learned that her former harasser Li Jingzhong had been exposed in a prostitution scandal. In Shenzhen, Liu Qingning refused a trust holding 16% of her company, then broke down over her fear that she could never compete with Tang Song’s other partners.

• Cheng Qiuqiu traveled through Rong City and boarded a first-class flight to Paris, where she planned to stay with Su Yu and meet Tang Song.
• Cheng Qiuqiu read her former coworkers’ messages and learned that Li Jingzhong had been arrested after a scandal involving a transgender content creator; Inspiration Design planned to dismiss and sue him.
• Annie Kate told Xiao Jing that she had passed an initial assessment and offered further business lessons with a yacht trip as a reward.
• Qin Yingxue and Annie Kate presented Liu Qingning with a trust containing 16% of Qingning Technology’s shares, but Liu Qingning refused to accept it.
• Liu Qingning worked late before suffering a migraine and crying as she compared herself with Su Yu and Jin Meixiao and feared she had no chance with Tang Song.

Ouyang Xuanyue planned to visit Tang Song’s father and arrange support for Liu Qingning after Liu rejected the Moonlight Trust, while preparing to meet her herself. In Paris, Su Yu welcomed Qiu Qiu, learned of Liu’s distress, and began writing Liu a letter as she weighed her own plans for Tang Song’s birthday.

• Ouyang Xuanyue called Tang Song from Quancheng, received his permission to visit his father, and planned how to make a good first impression.
• Ouyang Xuanyue learned that Liu Qingning had refused the trust fund and was in a distressed state, so she planned to meet Liu after New Year’s Day and invite her to Xuanji Light Realm’s new headquarters opening.
• Cheng Qiuqiu arrived in Paris and Cheng Xiaoxi brought her to Su Yu’s apartment, where Su Yu welcomed her with a hug and a kiss.
• Cheng Qiuqiu told Su Yu stories about Tang Song, and Su Yu listened while reflecting on her desire to see his unguarded self.
• Mo Xiangwan told Su Yu that Liu Qingning had rejected the trust and was doing badly, prompting Su Yu to worry Tang Song might leave Paris.
• Su Yu sent Qiu Qiu to bed, entered her study, and began writing a letter to Liu Qingning.

After losing her belief that she could catch up to Tang Song through her own achievements, Liu Qingning read Su Yu’s account of her painful, distant relationship with him and began reinterpreting their shared past. Su Yu sang the song she had imagined Liu Qingning would sing to Tang Song, then, alone in Paris, sent him a drunken message begging him to come to her.

• Liu Qingning stayed awake in her study, confronting the collapse of her plan to gain power at Qingning Technology after Moonlight Trust handed her control of the company.
• Su Yu sent Liu Qingning pages describing how Tang Song had saved her in 2017, kept her at a distance for years, and left her longing for intimacy.
• Su Yu explained that Tang Yuan had two parallel versions, and that the warm, uncertain boy Liu Qingning remembered was real; she also admitted she had interfered with Liu Qingning’s life out of envy and desperation.
• Liu Qingning remembered how Tang Yuan had struggled to keep up with her ambitions and had quietly cared for her, while Su Yu called and sang her an unreleased song.
• After ending the call, Su Yu drank alone, opened her chat with Tang Song, and sent him a drunken voice message asking him to come because she missed him.

Qiu Qiu witnessed Su Yu's drunken heartbreak and stayed beside her until Tang Song arrived in Paris. Su Yu woke believing he was part of a dream, but Tang Song told her he had come to find her and kissed her.

• Qiu Qiu overheard Su Yu singing and pleading for Tang Song, then found her asleep drunk on the sofa and covered her with a blanket.
• In London, Secretary Jin received updates about Tang Song's flight, Liu Qingning, and the family office's plans, and ordered that Liu Qingning be left undisturbed for the weekend.
• Tang Song woke aboard his private jet, heard Su Yu's voice message, and realized how much his past silence had intensified her fear of abandonment.
• Qiu Qiu messaged Tang Song that Su Yu was asleep and missing him, and he replied that he would reach the apartment in about five minutes.
• Tang Song arrived quietly, sent Qiu Qiu to rest, and waited beside Su Yu until she woke and mistook him for a dream.
• Tang Song told Su Yu he had come to find her, and they kissed as tears ran down her face.

Su Yu confirmed that Tang Song was real and had come to Paris early, then clung to his care as she recovered from a fever. After Tang Song read years of her unanswered messages, Su Yu found Jin Meixiao's hickeys on him and began replacing them with her own marks.

• Tang Song reassured Su Yu, answered her questions, and promised to stay, prompting her to embrace him and cry with relief.
• Su Yu asked Tang Song to accompany her while she showered, and they shared an intimate morning before he noticed she had a high fever.
• Tang Song cared for Su Yu through the day, and after her fever broke she asked him to take a walk around Paris with her the next day.
• Tang Song opened Su Yu's WeChat chat with [Song] and read the years of messages she had sent him without reply, becoming overwhelmed with emotion.
• Su Yu noticed Jin Meixiao's hickeys on Tang Song, bit over them to replace her marks, and asked whether he had missed her until he was going crazy too.

Su Yu recovered from her fever while Tang Song stayed by her side, and she asked him to take her on a long-promised walk through Paris on Christmas Eve. They changed into outfits together and prepared to go out, leaving Su Yu delighted by how Tang Song looked.

• Su Yu teased Tang Song about outdoing Secretary Jin, then coaxed him into feeding her water and drying her wet clothes.
• Tang Song, Su Yu, and Qiu Qiu shared dinner, while Tang Song's attributes rose after he picked Qiu Qiu's Dream Flower Seed.
• Su Yu's fever returned, and Tang Song cared for her until she recovered on December 24, 2023.
• Su Yu asked Tang Song to take her on a city walk in Paris, and he agreed to fulfill their long-standing promise.
• Su Yu tried on outfits in the closet until Tang Song approved her burgundy sweater, black jeans, and newsboy cap.
• Tang Song changed into an outfit whose system effect activated, and Su Yu praised his Paris-ready look.

Tang Song and Su Yu spent Christmas Eve exploring Paris, where he photographed her along the Champs-Élysées. At the Arc de Triomphe, he welcomed her birthday at midnight in the Imperial Capital and gave her a handwritten book preserving every song she had released.

• Tang Song and Su Yu strolled through Trocadero Square, crossed Jena Bridge, and wandered along the Seine before visiting a Christmas Market.
• Santa Claus gave Tang Song a reindeer puppet charm, which Tang Song pinned to Su Yu's sweater as a festive gift.
• Tang Song photographed Su Yu as she walked and posed along the Champs-Élysées.
• At 17:00 in Paris, Tang Song wished Su Yu a happy birthday, marking midnight on December 25 in the Imperial Capital.
• Tang Song gave Su Yu a booklet containing the lyrics of all her released songs and a fresh birthday message on its final page.

Su Yu learned how deeply Tang Song had cherished her and confirmed that he had chosen her out of genuine desire rather than business calculation. After celebrating her birthday with Qiu Qiu, she recreated the night they had first been together and declared herself wholly his, leaving them poised to resume their intimacy.

• Su Yu cried over the handwritten lyric book Tang Song had made for her, and the two climbed to the Arc de Triomphe observation deck, where she asked why he had helped her career and he said he had liked and wanted her.
• Su Yu recognized that Tang Song had always treated her as a personal exception, and Tang Song realized she loved the real him rather than his rational, business-minded persona.
• Su Yu returned home on her birthday, thanked Qiu Qiu for managing fan celebrations, and let her use Su Yu's Weibo account to respond to messages and follow her own fan account.
• Tang Song joined Qiu Qiu in the living room before going to the master bedroom, where Su Yu appeared in the same silver gown she had worn when they first became intimate five years earlier.
• Su Yu told Tang Song she was his alone and urged him to possess her without restraint.

On Su Yu’s birthday night, Qiu Qiu secretly listened outside Su Yu and Tang Song’s bedroom and became consumed by a new, troubling desire. In Shenzhen, Liu Qingning chose to stop chasing Tang Song and her own relentless ambitions, ending the morning by asking Aunt Mei to teach her how to cook.

• Qiu Qiu used Su Yu’s phone to answer messages before hearing sounds from Su Yu and Tang Song’s bedroom.
• Qiu Qiu listened at the bedroom door, imagined herself with Tang Song and Su Yu, and felt the [Dream Flower Seed] turn crimson.
• Liu Qingning woke after a restful weekend and sent Su Yu a birthday message wishing her and Tang Song well.
• Liu Qingning cut her workout short and decided to stop exercising every morning and trying to control Tang Song.
• Liu Qingning admired the sunrise, told herself she was letting Tang Song and herself go, and asked Aunt Mei to teach her to cook.

Liu Qingning learned that her father was being transferred to a senior audit role and concluded Ouyang Xuanyue had arranged it. Ouyang visited Tang Song’s parents, then learned Su Yu had stayed in Paris with Tang Song and was injured, leaving her shocked and wondering whether Su Yu had drugged him.

• Liu Qingning canceled Qingmi AI’s morning meeting and learned from her father that he was being transferred to Spring City State Investment as Deputy Director of Audit Supervision.
• Liu Qingning connected the transfer to Ouyang Xuanyue and reasoned that Ouyang was helping Tang Song and his family as an influential elder or investor.
• Ouyang Xuanyue visited Tang Jianying and Xu Feng, charmed them with gifts and a warm family manner, and shared dinner at their home.
• Ouyang instructed Secretary Chen to quietly arrange Tang Jianying’s transfer and give him authority to recommend workers for supporting factories.
• Chen Jing told Ouyang that Su Yu had spent the day and night in her Paris apartment with Tang Song and needed several days of bed rest for soft-tissue injuries.
• Ouyang dropped her glass in shock and wondered whether Su Yu had drugged Tang Song.

After spending Su Yu’s birthday with her in Paris, Tang Song agreed to stay with her until 2024. In London, Wen Ruan met Secretary Jin and learned that Jin would approve Ouyang Xuanyue’s proposal to bring Su Yu’s entertainment assets into the family office fund.

• Tang Song received a call from his father, who praised Ouyang Xuanyue for visiting the family and said her explanation of Tang Song’s confidential work had reassured his parents.
• Su Yu told Tang Song that Ouyang Xuanyue had visited his parents to claim her place in his family, then urged him to pursue Ouyang; Tang Song declined and promised to spend time with Su Yu in Paris until 2024.
• Wen Ruan arrived in London, where Shangguan Qiuya welcomed her and brought her to Secretary Jin’s residence ahead of her Oxford visiting program.
• Secretary Jin gave Wen Ruan a copy of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and asked for her position on Ouyang Xuanyue’s proposal to exchange Su Yu’s Starlight Media assets for interests in the Pan-Entertainment Fund.
• Wen Ruan supported the proposal, and Secretary Jin said she would approve it, leaving Wen Ruan surprised.

Wen Ruan accepted Jin Meixiao’s black card and met Lin Mu Xue, who was studying under Director Jin in London, while Su Yu and Tang Song spent an intimate few days in Paris. In Rong City, Ouyang Xuanyue learned that Jin Meixiao had approved Su Yu’s place as an LP and invited Wen Ruan to the Xuanji Light Realm ceremony, then privately reacted to reports of Tang Song’s vigor.

• Jin Meixiao adopted Wen Ruan’s proposal and gave her a black card for practical support during her Oxford visiting program, which Wen Ruan accepted.
• Jin Meixiao took Wen Ruan to meet Lin Mu Xue, who had begun studying under her and prepared research materials for Wen Ruan’s visit.
• Wen Ruan and Lin Mu Xue caught up in London and discussed Tang Song, Paris, and Su Yu.
• In Paris, Su Yu recorded a song inspired by Tang Song’s story of Zhang Yan, then seduced him after telling him she wished she had met him in middle school.
• Ouyang Xuanyue learned that Jin Meixiao would attend the Xuanji Light Realm headquarters relocation ceremony and had approved Su Yu as an LP, so she invited Wen Ruan to attend with Liu Qingning.
• After hearing that Su Yu needed medical care while Tang Song remained in excellent health, Ouyang Xuanyue imagined him and wrote a suggestive poem.

Qian Lele welcomed Zhao Yachian to campus while Gao Mengting received major support for Songmei Clothing’s expansion. Shen Yuyan revealed to Xu Qing that Tang Song was involved with Jin Meixiao, and Zhang Yan reflected on how differently her life might have unfolded if Tang Song had never come to find her.

• Qian Lele finished her morning run, studied in Professor Jiang’s laboratory, and showed Zhao Yachian around campus after Zhao arrived with a hair-clip gift.
• Gao Mengting learned that Songmei Clothing had secured a discounted prime storefront in Hang City and would receive technical assistance from Tang Yi Precision.
• Xu Qing celebrated joining the Voice of the Deep Sea screenwriting team before Shen Yuyan told her that Tang Song was dating Jin Meixiao and showed her a photo of them together.
• Lu Lu asked Zhang Yan to stay over and discuss buying a home in Guangzhou, then asked whether Zhang Yan would have sought out Tang Song in a different life.
• Zhang Yan imagined a future without Tang Song’s help and feared that her mother’s illness and medical expenses would have left her unable to approach him.

In the summer of 2028, Tang Song struggled with unemployment, regret over his past relationship with Liu Qingning, and his uncertain future. After a mysterious Dragon Ball package led to a message from Qingning, he returned to Yancheng and unexpectedly reunited with Zhang Yan.

• Tang Song worried about his declining career and listened as his mother urged him to consider marrying his former classmate Zhang Yan.
• Tang Song recalled how his insecurity and relationship problems had led him to leave Liu Qingning, despite her care for him.
• Tang Song found a carefully packaged set of Dragon Ball manga at his parents' home and was moved by memories of his youth.
• Tang Song failed an interview in Quancheng, then received a message from Liu Qingning explaining that she had sent him smart glasses.
• Tang Song returned to Yancheng and recognized Zhang Yan as they passed in the residential complex; she called his name, and they turned to face each other.

Zhao Yachian finalized Yisha Beauty Industry’s partnerships, grew closer to Xie Shuyu, and invited her to celebrate New Year’s Eve. In Paris, Tang Song celebrated the new year with Su Yu and Qiu Qiu before Zhao Yachian completed a development mission and received a special leg ring.

• Zhao Yachian signed Yisha Beauty Industry’s cooperation agreement with GesTokyo and inspected the Glimmer Coffee partnership with Xie Shuyu.
• During a spa treatment, Zhao Yachian told Xie Shuyu that her boyfriend was Tang Song, and Xie Shuyu accepted the revelation calmly.
• Zhao Yachian invited Xie Shuyu to join the New Year’s Eve celebration at the TC Club, and Xie Shuyu agreed.
• In Paris, Tang Song exchanged New Year’s greetings with his partners while Su Yu and Qiu Qiu watched, then Qiu Qiu approached him after Su Yu encouraged her.
• Tang Song received notice that Zhao Yachian had completed her seventh development mission and opened her Canary’s Outfit Gift Pack.
• The gift pack awarded Zhao Yachian the Neon Feather Dress and the Lingxi Leg Ring, whose effect could activate alongside Xiao Jing’s Vow Collar.