Chapter Summaries

Qian Lele confessed her love to Tang Song after they spent the evening eating, discussing her studies and app, and watching him amaze the campus with a dunk. Tang Song answered her confession with a kiss, leaving their relationship changed.

• Qian Lele treated Tang Song to spicy dry pot, told him she planned to apply to Tsinghua, and showed him the latest version of [Fireworks Ledger].
• Tang Song accepted a challenge at the basketball court and stunned the students by dunking in one leap.
• Tang Song and Qian Lele walked through campus, where he reminisced about high school basketball and Slam Dunk.
• Qian Lele told Tang Song she had liked him since the previous summer and confessed her feelings.
• Tang Song stopped Qian Lele from leaving and kissed her, giving her her first kiss.

Tang Song and Qian Lele spent a romantic weekend together before he received the Laurel Bookmark from his system. On Secretary Jin’s birthday, Tang Song surprised her by posing as her new assistant and giving her the bookmark with a handwritten greeting.

• Tang Song walked Qian Lele back to her dorm, confirmed they were boyfriend and girlfriend, and invited her to spend the weekend at his home.
• Tang Song and Qian Lele shared an affectionate weekend, and he drove her back to Yan City Normal University on Sunday.
• After Qian Lele left, Tang Song received the Laurel Bookmark and decided to give it to Secretary Jin for her birthday.
• Secretary Jin waited for Tang Song’s birthday greeting while handling her work, but he did not contact her that morning.
• Tang Song arrived at Secretary Jin’s office disguised as her new assistant and gave her the Laurel Bookmark with a handwritten birthday card.

Tang Song celebrated Xuanji Light Realm’s success and reached Charm 100, unlocking the password to his old lockbox. Inside, he found the MP3 player and pink earphones tied to the beginning of his story, and their sound sent him back to his senior-year classroom in 2016.

• Tang Song spent a day assisting Director Jin, then left the Imperial Capital to lead Xuanji Light Realm’s application ecosystem rollout and make more time for his companions.
• By July 2024, XG-1 shipments and its app ecosystem had grown, while Tang Song and Annie Kate gained international recognition for their influence.
• Tang Song returned to Yancheng with Liu Qingning and visited Zhang Yan’s new home, then played Overcooked with both women before the system announced that his Charm had reached 100.
• Tang Song claimed the reward and learned the lockbox password was 11180710, combining Liu Qingning’s and Zhang Yan’s birthdays.
• Tang Song opened the lockbox and found his old MP3 player and the pink earphones he had picked up in 2016.
• When Tang Song plugged in the earphones, he heard an English test and found himself overlapping with his younger self in a classroom in February 2016.

Tang Song’s fourth dream showed how he built a life with Zhang Yan while letting go of Liu Qingning, then received Liu Qingning’s belongings and learned she had died. Listening to her recordings, he was left grieving her and the life they had lost.

• Tang Song reunited with Zhang Yan in Yancheng, grew closer to her, and began dating her in spring 2029 after turning down Liu Qingning’s invitation to join her in the Imperial Capital.
• Tang Song was laid off, changed careers, and was injured in a traffic accident; Zhang Yan visited him daily in the hospital and stayed beside him overnight.
• Tang Song and Zhang Yan built a home together, adopted an orange cat, and he began developing a management simulation game called Dreamlife with an AI assistant named Secretary Jin.
• Liu Shuang sent Tang Song a box of gifts and an old MP3 player, then told him Liu Qingning had died from acute myocarditis and had secretly visited Yancheng several times.
• Tang Song listened to Liu Qingning’s recordings, including her final message, and broke down in grief.

Bei Weiwei returned to Guangzhou, reunited with Tang Song by chance, and became his girlfriend after confessing her feelings; Su Yu approved of their relationship. As Tang Song stayed with Bei Weiwei, Lin Mu Xue completed her development plan and received a final reward.

• Bei Weiwei traveled to Huadu, revisited an old dessert shop, and later found Tang Song dining at a street-side restaurant with Luo Qiliang.
• Bei Weiwei joined Tang Song and Luo Qiliang, told them a story about a girl and her grandmother, then confessed to Tang Song and kissed him after he agreed to another girlfriend.
• Bei Weiwei revealed her identity to Luo Qiliang and went with Tang Song to the Four Seasons Hotel in Guangzhou.
• Bei Weiwei called Su Yu to explain that she was staying with Tang Song, and Su Yu told her she could become pregnant and promised her company shares and career resources if she did.
• Tang Song spent the next two days with Bei Weiwei in Guangzhou while she recovered and enjoyed his company.
• Tang Song received notice that Lin Mu Xue had completed her development plan, gained a Spacetime Dream Card, and opened her Co-Assistant Gift Pack, which raised her attributes.

Lin Mu Xue awoke in a beauty salon in a parallel world where she had never met Tang Song, and used her memories and experience to navigate a Hang City business reception while searching for him. The chapter ended when she spotted Tang Song among a startup team entering the reception.

• Lin Mu Xue realized she had returned to her earlier life in Hang City, where she worked at Qilan Capital as a lifestyle blogger and had no record of Tang Song.
• Lin Mu Xue found an old Yan City University of Science and Technology post confirming that a student named Tang Song had studied software engineering, and resolved to search for him.
• Lin Mu Xue attended a cross-border investment reception with Guan Nan and impressed the guests by confidently discussing TikTok Shop's planned expansion into Spain and Ireland.
• Lin Mu Xue saw a startup team arrive and learned from President Cheng that its technical partner was Tang Song.

Tang Song and his Haicheng Technology partners gained interest from industry clients after Lin Mu Xue helped draw attention to their AI workflow at a reception. As Lin Mu Xue gradually entered Tang Song’s thoughts, he received news that Haicheng Technology had been shortlisted for a closed-door investment exchange, and he finally invited her to sit with him.

• At a reception, Lin Mu Xue asked Tang Song to demonstrate Haicheng Technology’s product, then praised its agent workflow and helped draw clients and investors to the presentation.
• After the reception, Lin Mu Xue added Tang Song on WeChat and asked whether he knew Shen Yuyan or Wen Ruan; Tang Song said he did not know either of them.
• Farview Home began a pilot with Haicheng Technology, while Lin Mu Xue’s frequent Moments posts and chance encounters grew increasingly important to Tang Song.
• Lu Ziming told Tang Song that Haicheng Technology had been recommended for a closed-door investment and financing exchange in Magic City after National Day.
• On October 1, Tang Song saw Lin Mu Xue speaking with a man at a coffee shop, then invited her to sit with him, and she agreed.

Tang Song attended a Magic City alumni reunion, where Wang Ning belittled his early-stage startup and He Ming’s success drew attention. Lin Mu Xue arrived as Tang Song’s personal assistant and took him away in a Maybach, leaving the alumni stunned and unsure who he really was.

• Tang Song traveled to Magic City with Ren Hang and Wang Hui, then worried over Lin Mu Xue’s post captioned “Suddenly Missing You.”
• At the alumni gathering, Tang Song reunited with Lu Ziming, Li Zhixi, and Qiu Yu, while Wang Ning mocked his startup and praised He Ming’s Series A company.
• Zhou Hanxue’s senior alumni gave Tang Song’s business only polite attention, and Tang Song later told Wang Ning he would become more successful than him.
• Lin Mu Xue messaged Tang Song about work, then appeared at the reunion and introduced herself as his personal assistant, advising him to leave before the rain worsened.
• Tang Song left with Lin Mu Xue in a black Maybach, while the alumni watched in shock and wondered about his identity.

Lin Mu Xue joined Haicheng Technology as Tang Song’s personal assistant and prepared him for a major financing meeting, while Tang Song’s feelings for her grew. After he confessed, Lin Mu Xue left him with hope for a different answer once the company secured financing, and Haicheng Technology left the meeting with several promising investor follow-ups.

• Lin Mu Xue took Tang Song to The Peninsula Hotel, where she arranged a connecting suite and said she had joined Haicheng Technology as his assistant.
• Lin Mu Xue explained that early-stage investors judged founders as well as products, then arranged Tang Song’s suit, grooming, posture, and presentation preparation.
• Lin Mu Xue gave Tang Song a Rolex Datejust before the closed-door meeting, and Tang Song confessed that he liked her; she told him he could ask again after the company completed its financing.
• Tang Song presented Haicheng Technology at the October 9 investment meeting, while Lin Mu Xue introduced him to investors and helped draw attention to the company.
• Haicheng Technology received follow-up invitations from four institutions, a product demonstration request from an industry fund, and a proposal for partner-level discussions from a well-known institution.

In diary entries spanning September 2024, Jiang You Rong recounts Xuanji Technology’s growth, her flirtatious encounters with Tang Song, and her changing relationships with colleagues and students. The chapter ends with Jiang You Rong learning that Tang Song’s National Day trip to Tang Jin Manor will include four women and that Director Jin expects her to keep Ouyang Xuanyue away from Tang Song, leaving her convinced that a high-stakes family matter is unfolding.

• Jiang You Rong recorded XG-1’s six-million-unit milestone and described how her team screened university collaboration proposals before Tang Song returned from Singapore and stirred up feelings during an office encounter.
• During a typhoon, Jiang You Rong envied Liu Qingning’s apparent closeness with Tang Song, celebrated Lele’s app success, and worried that Lele might also be involved with him.
• Jiang You Rong spent Mid-Autumn Festival with Xu Qing, then traveled with Xie Shuyu to a tea plantation, where Tang Song arrived and later went to Jiang You Rong’s room after spending the night with Xie Shuyu.
• Jiang You Rong returned to Yancheng, checked on Lele’s exam preparation, and shared lunch with Wen Ruan; later, Tang Song caught her sneaking tiramisu and turned the kitchen encounter into an intimate episode.
• Tang Song invited Jiang You Rong to Tang Jin Manor in Southern France for the National Day holiday, and Shangguan Qiuya told her that Shu Yu, Wen Ruan, and Ouyang Xuanyue would also attend.
• Shangguan Qiuya relayed Director Jin’s instruction for Jiang You Rong to monitor Ouyang Xuanyue and limit her time alone with Tang Song, while also asking about Jiang You Rong’s ovulation period and noting Wen Ruan’s.

Wen Ruan arrived at Tang Jin Manor for a grape harvest vacation and discovered that Tang Song had invited Xie Shuyu, Jiang You Rong, and Ouyang Xuanyue as well. She found a closet full of school uniforms and Lolita dresses prepared in her size, and became curious about what Tang Song had arranged for the others.

• Wen Ruan flew from Paris to Nice after Tang Song invited her to visit Tang Jin Manor for the grape harvest.
• Butler Dubois welcomed Wen Ruan and brought her to the new Vendémiaire Residence instead of her usual villa.
• Wen Ruan found Xie Shuyu and Jiang You Rong waiting in the living room, then learned that Ouyang Xuanyue was also staying at the residence.
• Wen Ruan realized she was the youngest of the four women and happily went upstairs to inspect her suite.
• Wen Ruan discovered that her closet was filled with fitted school uniforms and elaborate Lolita dresses, then wondered whether Ouyang Xuanyue had received the same wardrobe.

Tang Song arrived at Tang Jin Manor in Southern France, where he reunited with Wen Ruan, Xie Shuyu, Ouyang Xuanyue, and Jiang You Rong. After dinner, he secretly invited each woman to his room at midnight in a youthful outfit, and Jiang You Rong prepared to go after rationalizing that doing so would help her keep Ouyang Xuanyue away from him.

• Jiang You Rong worried about Director Jin’s assignment to keep Ouyang Xuanyue from spending time alone with Tang Song, while Xie Shuyu considered a Lolita dress before returning to work.
• Tang Song’s system task called for all four women to wear youthful outfits and meet him at midnight, and he anticipated the resulting chaos.
• Tang Song arrived at the estate and greeted Wen Ruan, Xie Shuyu, and Ouyang Xuanyue before joining them for a harmonious dinner and conversation by the fireplace.
• Wen Ruan, Xie Shuyu, and Ouyang Xuanyue each received Tang Song’s secret midnight invitation, along with instructions to change into prepared clothes.
• Tang Song promised Jiang You Rong a fifty-percent salary increase and manor produce, and she agreed to go, choosing an academy-style uniform and blushing at her reflection.

Jiang You Rong, Xie Shuyu, and Ouyang Xuanyue each arrived at Tang Song’s top-floor room and hid in the study while Wen Ruan spent more than an hour with him. The three women left together, and Wen Ruan realized they had all been inside.

• Jiang You Rong sneaked into Tang Song’s room, kissed him, and hid in the study when Shu Yu knocked.
• Xie Shuyu arrived in a Lolita dress, kissed Tang Song, and hid in the study when Ouyang Xuanyue came to the door, where she found Jiang You Rong.
• Ouyang Xuanyue entered and flirted with Tang Song, then went into the study and discovered the other two women.
• Wen Ruan arrived in a cheerleader outfit and spent more than an hour with Tang Song while the three women waited in the study.
• Ouyang Xuanyue, Xie Shuyu, and Jiang You Rong left the study one after another, leaving Wen Ruan stunned when she saw them.

After Tang Song and the four women finished their holiday at Tang Jin Manor, he returned to work as Songmei Fashion prepared for a major launch and handed its CEO role to Gao Mengting. Tian Jing completed her growth route, while Wen Ruan’s sudden nausea and missed period left her wondering whether she was pregnant.

• Tang Song and the four women harvested grapes at Tang Jin Manor, signed a commemorative plaque, and spent the rest of their holiday together.
• Wen Ruan caught Tang Song with Jiang You Rong and Ouyang Xuanyue, then interrupted him with Xie Shuyu before Tang Song pulled Wen Ruan into the encounter too; Little Umbrella announced that the mission was complete and scored Zhuangzhuang 120 points.
• Tang Song returned to Yancheng for Songmei Fashion’s autumn/winter show and strategy launch, after which Gao Mengting took over as CEO while Tang Song remained founder, director, and controlling shareholder.
• Tang Song completed Tian Jing’s cultivation plan, bringing her growth progress to 100% and earning a Spacetime Dream Card; her Agent Gift Pack also granted her four attribute increases.
• Wen Ruan became nauseated by the smell of coffee during a meeting, and Wang Dandan reminded her that her period was nearly two weeks late, prompting Wen Ruan to suspect she was pregnant.

Xiao Jing woke in an alternate 2026 where Huineng Electronics had prospered and she had become an executive, then found Tang Song’s name in a blind-date forum post. She tracked down his movie date and posed as his girlfriend, leaving Tang Song stunned as she took his hand and placed it on her thigh.

• Xiao Jing absorbed memories of a different life in which she had helped her father save Huineng Electronics and risen to become its General Manager of Organization and Talent Development.
• Xiao Jing found a forum post about Dan Tingting’s plan to bring her company crush, Guo Mingzhe, along on her blind date with Tang Song, and she used the ticket details to locate the theater.
• Tang Song arrived at the theater and learned that Dan Tingting had brought Guo Mingzhe, who flirted with her while she flaunted his home and family advantages.
• Xiao Jing arrived in a JK uniform, kissed Tang Song, introduced herself to Dan Tingting as Bai Jing, and acted as Tang Song’s younger sister while clinging to his arm.
• Xiao Jing whispered that they were destined to meet again, then took Tang Song’s hand and placed it on her thigh as the movie began.