Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan shared his scarce spiritual tea with Qin Weiming, Zhang Jian, and the others, then gave Zhang Jian a Medical Potion after the old leader began coughing. After Zhang Jian drank it and challenged Lin Fan to chess, Lin Fan defeated him with checkmate.

• Qin Weiming and the guests drank Lin Fan's spiritual tea, praised its refreshing taste, and learned that Lin Fan had grown it himself in limited quantities.
• Zhang Jian thanked Lin Fan for the tea, but he began coughing violently and alarmed the people around him.
• Lin Fan handed Zhang Jian a Medical Potion, which Zhang Jian drank despite the middle-aged military officer's warning.
• Zhang Jian proposed playing chess with Lin Fan, and Qin Weiming urged Lin Fan to beat him decisively.
• Lin Fan used his chess skills to checkmate Zhang Jian, prompting Qin Weiming to praise him.

After drinking Lin Fan’s Medical Water, Zhang Jian stood up and discovered that his necrotic legs and abnormal health indicators had recovered. At a celebratory dinner, Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian competed to be the first to toast Lin Fan.

• Zhang Jian lifted his legs, stood up from his wheelchair, and thanked Lin Fan for restoring his ability to stand.
• Qin Weiming explained that Lin Fan had used precious Medical Water, and the two doctors confirmed Zhang Jian’s legs had recovered and he could walk after rehabilitation.
• Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian invited Lin Fan to sit at the seat of honor at a celebratory dinner.
• Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian argued over who should offer Lin Fan the first toast, while the guests watched with envy.

Lin Fan drove to Changsha for Hu Tian's grandfather's birthday banquet, where Hu Shaodong tried to intimidate him but crashed while failing to lose him. Lin Fan arrived with Hu Tian, and the gathering stirred when Young Master Huang showed up.

• Lin Fan accepted Hu Tian's invitation and drove to Changsha with a box of spiritual tea.
• Hu Shaodong challenged Lin Fan to keep up with his Jeep, but Lin Fan stayed close as Hu Shaodong crashed into a ditch.
• Hu Shaodong agreed to ride with Lin Fan to the family courtyard after receiving a message.
• Lin Fan arrived at the birthday gathering and Hu Tian greeted him, linking her arm through his.
• A military-green Jeep arrived, and the guests greeted Young Master Huang.

Lin Fan exposed Huang Tian’s Tang Bohu painting as a fake during Hu Nanshan’s birthday banquet. He then offered Hu Nanshan a large box of tea, which Huang Tian’s companion mocked.

• Huang Tian presented Hu Nanshan with a painting he believed was Tang Bohu’s Spring Trees and Autumn Frost Painting, winning praise from the guests.
• Lin Fan shook his head and said the painting was fake, prompting Huang Tian to confront him.
• Lin Fan used the True Sight Eye to identify a hidden letter A in the painting, and the guests realized it was forged.
• Huang Tian apologized to Hu Nanshan for bringing a fake, while Hu Nanshan accepted the apology and set the painting aside.
• Lin Fan brought out a large box of tea leaves as his gift, and Huang Tian’s short, thin companion mocked it as cheap loose tea.

At Hu Nanshan’s birthday gathering, guests mocked Lin Fan for bringing a box of roadside tea until Liu Qiming recognized it as the rare spiritual tea. Yue Zixiao then arrived with birthday wishes from Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian, leaving Hu Nanshan overwhelmed with joy.

• Guests whispered about Lin Fan’s tea gift, and Hu Nanshan worried it made a poor impression.
• Liu Qiming arrived with a gift from his father and recognized Lin Fan, whom he knew as a respected benefactor and Dragon Group member.
• A short, thin man called Lin Fan’s tea rubbish and moved to kick it aside, so Liu Qiming angrily stopped him after recognizing it as spiritual tea.
• Yue Zixiao arrived, surprising Lin Fan, and Hu Nanshan hurried to greet him.
• Yue Zixiao conveyed birthday wishes from Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian, delighting Hu Nanshan.

Yue Zixiao arrived at Hu Nanshan’s eightieth-birthday celebration with calligraphy from Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian, then revealed that the elders had sent him because Lin Fan was there. Hu Nanshan tasted Lin Fan’s spiritual tea and discovered its remarkable flavor as the guests learned Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian had wanted to attend in person.

• Yue Zixiao delivered Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian’s birthday calligraphy to Hu Nanshan, who accepted it with gratitude.
• Yue Zixiao stopped a guest from kicking Lin Fan’s box of spiritual tea and exchanged a knowing nod with Lin Fan.
• Hu Nanshan poured out the tea’s first brew, prompting Liu Qiming and Yue Zixiao to protest, then served them the next brew.
• Hu Nanshan drank the spiritual tea and felt revitalized, while Yue Zixiao praised the second brew’s flavor.
• Yue Zixiao told Lin Fan that Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian had wanted to attend Hu Nanshan’s birthday but sent him instead, leaving the guests stunned.

At Hu Nanshan’s birthday banquet, Yue Zixiao revealed that Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian had wanted to attend because of Lin Fan, astonishing the Hu family and changing how they treated him. After the banquet, Lin Fan and Hu Tian shared a tender moment and reaffirmed their relationship.

• Yue Zixiao said Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian had wanted to personally congratulate Hu Nanshan because Lin Fan was Hu Tian’s boyfriend, leaving Hu Nanshan and Hu Shaodong stunned.
• Lin Fan promised Qin Weiming and Zhang Jian all the spirit tea they wanted, while the short, skinny man and Huang Tian regretted antagonizing him.
• Hu Nanshan ordered Hu Shaodong to guard the tea and gave two bags each to Liu Qiming and Yue Zixiao.
• Hu Nanshan seated Lin Fan and Hu Tian beside him at the first table, and the banquet continued for three hours.
• While walking in the courtyard after the banquet, Hu Tian asked about Lin Fan’s other identities, and Lin Fan said his most important identity was being her boyfriend.
• Lin Fan and Hu Tian drew close and embraced under the moonlight.

Huang Jie brought Huang Tian to apologize to Lin Fan, who returned to campus and enjoyed a meal with his roommates. As foreign mathematicians arrived in Jiangbei for Lin Fan's upcoming lecture, Edwin doubted he could repeat his past breakthrough.

• Huang Jie explained that Huang Tian had offended Lin Fan and forced his son to apologize by kicking him to the ground.
• Lin Fan accepted Huang Tian's apology and warned him not to repeat the offense.
• Lin Fan returned to Jiangbei University, where he and his roommates went to Crab Treasure for dinner and joked about how to chase girls.
• Lin Fan and his roommates drank and returned to their dorm late that evening.
• Professor Edwin and Professor Jeffries arrived at Jiangbei Airport with other foreign mathematicians for Lin Fan's lecture, and Edwin doubted Lin Fan would again solve a historic problem.

Foreign mathematicians arrived in Jiangbei for Lin Fan’s Collatz Conjecture report conference, while Lin Fan began working with Hu Tian on the Hodge Conjecture after a system task offered him five Golden Red Envelopes. The report conference began the next morning, but Lin Fan had not yet arrived as the chapter ended.

• Edwin and Jeffries arrived in Jiangbei and enjoyed a Hunan meal after Edwin initially said he was too tired to eat.
• Jiangbei University prepared its campus to welcome the foreign scholars attending Lin Fan’s Collatz Conjecture report conference.
• Hu Tian reminded Lin Fan that the report conference would start at 9:00 the next morning, then asked whether he was interested in the Hodge Conjecture.
• Lin Fan accepted the task to solve the Hodge Conjecture and studied it with Hu Tian through the night, later going with her to her home.
• Foreign mathematics scholars gathered in Jiangbei University’s auditorium the next morning, while Hu Chuan worried that Lin Fan might be late again.

Hu Chuan stalled the audience while Lin Fan and Hu Tian hurried to the lecture after staying up discussing the Hodge Conjecture. Lin Fan proved the Collatz Conjecture before the gathered mathematicians, then continued writing and revealed he was attempting the Hodge Conjecture, leaving Professor Barneton and the audience stunned and expectant.

• Hu Chuan worried when Lin Fan failed to arrive, stalled the lecture, and called Lin Fan's contacts to find him.
• Hu Tian told Hu Chuan that she and Lin Fan had stayed up discussing the Hodge Conjecture and were on their way.
• Hu Chuan announced that Lin Fan had been studying the Hodge Conjecture overnight, turning the audience's annoyance into anticipation.
• Lin Fan and Hu Tian entered the auditorium, and Lin Fan began writing a detailed proof of the Collatz Conjecture.
• Lin Fan finished the Collatz proof, then continued writing formulas for the Hodge Conjecture, shocking the audience.

Lin Fan used a flash of inspiration and enhanced mathematical experience to prove the Hodge Conjecture during his Jiangbei University lecture, leaving the audience amazed. Afterward, he collected his reward and left the mathematicians struggling to understand his Chinese explanation.

• After finishing the Collatz Conjecture proof, Lin Fan’s flash of inspiration drove him to begin writing a proof of the Hodge Conjecture.
• As Lin Fan’s complex formulas outpaced the audience, Lancelot and Barnett doubted he could overcome the difficulty.
• Lin Fan upgraded his Academician Mathematical Experience and used a Skill Doubling Card, then resumed writing at great speed.
• Lin Fan completed the Hodge Conjecture proof, prompting thunderous applause and astonishment from the audience, including Hu Tian, Edwin, and Jeffries.
• Jeffries asked Lin Fan about a formula, and Lin Fan answered in Chinese before leaving Edwin and Jeffries confused.

Lin Fan opened five Golden Red Envelopes, gained major shares and wealth, then recruited four professional gamers to play Honor of Kings with him. The next day, he discovered Hu Tian’s favorability had reached 99 and shared a romantic dinner with her.

• Lin Fan opened five Golden Red Envelopes, gaining a Shares Doubling Coupon, money, land, and 51% of Tian Tian Bank’s shares, then used the coupon to raise his Tencent Group ownership to 20%.
• Lin Fan summoned Meng Lei from his livestream with a thousand rockets, and Meng Lei agreed to play games with him.
• Lin Fan also recruited A Tai, Lao Shuai, and Miao Shen, and the five played Honor of Kings together, with the professionals setting up kills for Lin Fan.
• Lin Fan ran into Hu Tian on campus and used the True Sight Eye, discovering that her favorability toward him was 99.
• Lin Fan and Hu Tian ate steak and drank red wine at China Business Building, where Lin Fan played piano, and Hu Tian hugged him while he walked her home.

After Lin Fan’s report conference, mathematicians confirmed his solutions to the Collatz and Hodge Conjectures, and the news sparked widespread discussion. Two days later, Lin Fan flew to Magic Capital and reunited with Qin Yuxuan, who accepted his playful proposal to be his girlfriend.

• Barnett confirmed the Collatz Conjecture and said he needed more time to study Lin Fan’s Hodge Conjecture proof, comparing Lin Fan to Grothendieck.
• Jeffries and Edwin dismissed a reporter’s accusation that Lin Fan had copied someone else’s work, then left for Mei Country to learn Chinese.
• Weibo users celebrated Lin Fan’s achievements and joked about how quickly he solved the conjectures their advisors chose to study.
• Lin Fan drove to the airport, flew to Magic Capital, and went to see Qin Yuxuan.
• Lin Fan put his arm around Qin Yuxuan and asked her to be his girlfriend, and she agreed.

Lin Fan arrived in Magic Capital and joined Qin Yuxuan at Fan Yu Investment before accompanying her to a banquet. He revealed that he owned Global Financial Building and used that authority to reward companies investing in Fan Yu, leaving Senior Sister Lu and Senior Sister Fan stunned.

• Lin Fan reunited with Qin Yuxuan at Global Financial Building, and she took him to Fan Yu Investment before inviting him to a banquet.
• At the Shangri-La Hotel, Senior Sister Lu and Senior Sister Fan praised Lin Fan’s past support for Fan Yu and described its growing investment partnerships.
• Director Liu greeted Lin Fan and pledged to invest 20 million in Fan Yu, and Lin Fan offered his company a 50 percent rent discount.
• Other business owners crowded around Lin Fan, announced their investments in Fan Yu, and received the same rent discount.
• Lin Fan told Senior Sister Lu and Senior Sister Fan that Global Financial Building belonged to him, shocking them.

Lin Fan impressed Senior Sister Lu and Senior Sister Fan when he revealed he was Tian Tian Bank’s largest shareholder, then spent time with Qin Yuxuan after the banquet. The next day, his Check-in System awarded him a building in Tomson Riviera, and the couple encountered Qin Yuxuan’s aunt and niece while walking in Magic Capital.

• Huang Jiayi arrived and respectfully greeted Lin Fan, who said he was Tian Tian Bank’s largest shareholder.
• The banquet began, with Lin Fan as its protagonist and Fan Yu Company securing billions in investment.
• Lin Fan and Qin Yuxuan went to the Shangri-La Hotel presidential suite and spent the night together.
• The next morning, Lin Fan checked in and received one building in Tomson Riviera.
• Lin Fan and Qin Yuxuan ate, spent time together, and later strolled through Magic Capital hand in hand.
• Qin Yuxuan spotted her aunt and niece, Qian Qian, amid a commotion and hurried toward them.

Lin Fan intervened when a wealthy matron demanded that Qin Yuxuan’s aunt apologize to her dog, then used a Land Voucher to take ownership of Fumanduo. The hotel’s manager arrived with security, recognized Lin Fan as the new owner, and slapped the matron.

• Qian Qian fell and was frightened by the wealthy matron’s dog, while the matron demanded that Qin Yuxuan’s aunt apologize to it.
• Lin Fan stopped the matron from shoving Qin Yuxuan’s aunt, struck her, and told her to apologize.
• The matron threatened Lin Fan with Fumanduo and called her husband for help, so Lin Fan used a Land Voucher centered on Fumanduo.
• Qin Yuxuan comforted Qian Qian as the matron blocked their way and waited for her husband to arrive.
• The hotel manager arrived with security, recognized Lin Fan as Fumanduo’s new boss, and slapped the matron after she insulted Lin Fan and his companions.

Lin Fan defended Qin Yuxuan’s aunt and Qian Qian from a wealthy woman, then revealed that he owned Fumanduo and appointed Jiang Chao to run it. After the group shared a lavish meal and the aunt left, Lin Fan and Qin Yuxuan entered a Patek Philippe store together.

• The wealthy woman attacked Lin Fan after he slapped her, but her husband kicked her and forced her to apologize when he realized Lin Fan’s status.
• Lin Fan rejected the husband’s offer to arrange a table and said Fumanduo did not need a manager who let his wife behave that way; the husband collapsed and then beat his wife.
• Lin Fan took Qin Yuxuan, her aunt, and Qian Qian to a private room, where they ate a feast and he revealed that he had acquired Fumanduo.
• Lin Fan named deputy general manager Jiang Chao to take charge of Fumanduo, and Qin Yuxuan’s aunt left with Qian Qian so the couple could spend time alone.
• Lin Fan and Qin Yuxuan entered a Patek Philippe store, where a clerk welcomed them.

Lin Fan and Qin Yuxuan visited a Patek Philippe store to choose a watch, where a wealthy-looking man tried to buy the same exclusive piece to impress Qin Yuxuan but could not afford it. After the man mocked Lin Fan for pretending to be rich, Lin Fan asked the clerk to take out the watch and said they would buy it.

• Lin Fan asked a clerk to recommend a watch for Qin Yuxuan, and she took an interest in the limited-edition Elegance.
• A pot-bellied man arrived with a gaudy woman and tried to buy the Elegance after noticing Qin Yuxuan.
• The man's bank card was declined because it lacked the 8.89 million yuan needed to pay for the watch.
• Lin Fan mocked the man for making excuses, and the man challenged Lin Fan to pay for the watch.
• Lin Fan told the clerk to take out the Elegance and said he and Qin Yuxuan would buy it.

Lin Fan bought Yu Xuan a limited-edition Patek Philippe watch, then took her to live in his newly acquired Tomson Riviera apartment. The next morning, his Check-in System awarded him a luxury yacht, and Yu Xuan joined him just as her phone rang.

• Lin Fan bought the Patek Philippe Queen for 31 million yuan, stunning the man who had mocked him and driving the man's companion to leave him.
• Lin Fan gave the watch to Yu Xuan, and the two visited Tomson Riviera, where the gates and building recognized Lin Fan and let them in.
• Lin Fan showed Yu Xuan the luxurious top-floor apartment and told her she could live there from then on.
• The next morning, Lin Fan ordered food and checked in with his system, which awarded him the 86-meter Solandge luxury yacht.
• Yu Xuan came into the living room and hugged Lin Fan from behind, then her phone rang.

Lin Fan arranged for Fan Yu Investment Company’s team-building event to take place aboard his newly delivered Solange Luxury Yacht. The employees arrived at the dock and were stunned to learn that the billion-yuan yacht was theirs to board.

• Senior Sister Lu called Qin Yuxuan to suggest a team-building event, and Qin Yuxuan agreed.
• Lin Fan offered to arrange a team-building location and asked Wan Bo to prepare crew members and waiters for his yacht.
• The next morning, Qin Yuxuan and Lin Fan brought the employees to the dock for their company outing.
• Wan Bo greeted Lin Fan and led the group toward the Solange Luxury Yacht, which the employees recognized as worth 1.2 billion yuan.
• Lin Fan revealed that the team-building event would take place aboard the yacht, and the waiters welcomed the astonished employees aboard.