Chapter Summaries

Chen Mo accompanied Xiao Yu to her high school classmates’ wedding, where she introduced him as her boyfriend and received the bride’s bouquet. The chapter ended with Chen Mo catching Xiao Yu after the crowd knocked her backward and asking how she would reward him.

• Chen Mo returned home after spending the day with Xiao Yu and endured his mother's complaints about leaving without answering his phone.
• Xiao Yu called Zhang Yang, agreed to stay at his home, and learned that Zhang Yang and Shao Zhen hoped she and Chen Mo might get to know each other.
• Chen Mo met Xiao Yu the next morning and accompanied her to her friend Qian Qian’s wedding at Blue Spring Hotel.
• Xiao Yu introduced Chen Mo as her boyfriend to her former classmates, who chatted with them about their lives and high school memories.
• Xiao Yu caught Qian Qian’s bouquet, then fell backward when the crowd surged, and Chen Mo caught her in his arms.

After a wedding, Chen Mo and Xiao Yu discovered that their families had arranged for them to meet as potential partners without knowing they were already together. Chen Mo escaped the introduction with a fake emergency, and Xiao Yu joined him afterward, amused by the coincidence.

• Chen Mo caught Xiao Yu when she nearly fell at Qian Qian's wedding, and the crowd urged them to kiss.
• Chen Mo took Xiao Yu home, where Shao Zhen said she would introduce her nephew to Xiao Yu so he could look out for her in Bin Hai City.
• Chen Mo's mother sent him to deliver pastries to Aunt Zhen, and Chen Mo called Xiao Yu asking her to contact him in two minutes as an emergency.
• Chen Mo arrived at Aunt Zhen's home and learned that the niece waiting inside was Xiao Yu, who recognized his voice and decided not to warn him.
• When Aunt Zhen said Xiao Yu was changing, Xiao Yu called Chen Mo, who pretended a friend was in the hospital and hurried out.
• Xiao Yu joined Chen Mo after leaving Aunt Zhen's home, and they laughed about being set up with each other.

On New Year’s Eve, Chen Mo completed the framework of an artificial intelligence and learned from Old Shu that he should define its personality before sharing it with the Sci-Tech Library. The next morning, he celebrated the New Year with his family and promised Zhang Xinxin a gift if she got into Binhai University.

• Chen Mo finished the artificial intelligence’s primary framework and entered the Sci-Tech Library to share it.
• Old Shu said the AI was only a prototype and advised Chen Mo to shape its personality before sharing the technology.
• Chen Mo returned to his computer and began designing the AI’s personality, staying up until dawn.
• Chen Mo’s parents gave him lucky money, and his aunt’s family arrived with Zhang Xinxin.
• Zhang Xinxin teased Chen Mo about having a girlfriend, took his red envelopes, and said she wanted to attend Binhai University.
• Chen Mo promised Zhang Xinxin a gift if she got into Binhai University, and the family sat down for New Year’s meal.

Chen Mo told his family that he owned Army Ant Technology Co., then took Zhang Xinxin shopping for New Year’s Day. A conversation with Xiao Yu gave him an idea for refining his Artificial Intelligence’s personality, and he eagerly returned to work on it.

• Chen Mo told his family he had founded Army Ant Technology Co. and reassured them that the company was profitable and legally run.
• Zhang Xinxin questioned Chen Mo’s claim, then asked him to buy her a new phone and clothes; he promised clothes as a New Year’s gift.
• Chen Mo spent New Year’s Day shopping with his family and returned home exhausted.
• While thinking about Artificial Intelligence personalities, Chen Mo called Xiao Yu and discussed modeling an AI on her personality.
• Xiao Yu suggested a Silly Girl from Magic Phone, inspiring Chen Mo to add selectable personality modes to his Artificial Intelligence.
• Chen Mo ended the call and began refining the Artificial Intelligence personality design.

Chen Mo completed and shared his low-level artificial intelligence, naming her Mo Nv, and received a book about upgrading artificial intelligence. After initializing Mo Nv on his computer, he was startled when she called him “Daddy.”

• Chen Mo spent ten days refining his artificial intelligence and finished compiling its source code.
• Chen Mo used his monthly random draw in the Sci-Tech Library and received Ultra-Thin Rubber Sheath Production Technology.
• Chen Mo shared his artificial intelligence with Old Shu, who optimized its code and recorded it in the library as Mo Nv.
• Old Shu gave Chen Mo Artificial Intelligence Development and Upgrade, a book about advancing artificial intelligence to higher levels.
• Chen Mo ran Mo Nv’s optimized code, named her, selected an obedient personality, and completed her initialization.
• Chen Mo could not find the artificial intelligence on his computer until Mo Nv called him “Daddy.”

Chen Mo brought Mo Nv online, learned about her limited artificial intelligence abilities, and prepared to return to Bin Hai City. After giving his parents money and urging them to stop working so hard, he said goodbye and set off the next day.

• Chen Mo spoke with Mo Nv, who appeared on his computer and explained that she could learn through networked devices and followed his commands.
• Chen Mo concluded that Mo Nv had rudimentary independent consciousness but remained Low-Level Artificial Intelligence, since she lacked emotions and did not reason unless instructed.
• Chen Mo told his parents he planned to leave for school the next day and offered to buy them a home near him, but Chen Shanhe declined.
• Chen Mo gave his mother a bank card with one million and promised to deposit twenty thousand each month, persuading his parents to use the money to travel and rest.
• Chen Mo said goodbye to his parents the next day and set off for Bin Hai City.

After returning to Bin Hai City, Chen Mo tested Mo Nv’s ability to control his phone and began preparing to research carbon crystal batteries. He inspected the nearly completed laboratory, then hurried back to his apartment when Xiao Yu said her surprise had arrived.

• Chen Mo had Mo Nv modify his phone, tested its functions, and spoke with Xiao Yu, who promised to send him a surprise.
• Chen Mo asked Mo Nv to organize his carbon crystal battery materials and dictated information to her.
• Chen Mo visited the company with Zhao Min, learned about its progress, and inspected the laboratory with Lao Luo.
• Chen Mo ordered ten high-specification computers for the laboratory and office because his current computer struggled to run Mo Nv.
• Xiao Yu called Chen Mo to say her surprise had arrived and asked him to return within half an hour to sign for it, so he rushed back to his apartment.

Chen Mo welcomed Xiao Yu into his apartment, then used his five-hundredth Sci-Tech Library book reward to obtain a Butterfly Eye smartphone design featuring the Xiao Die voice assistant. Xiao Yu began an internship as the general manager’s assistant at Ant Army Company, whose boss said she looked familiar.

• Xiao Yu surprised Chen Mo by moving into his apartment, then left to meet Ruo Xi about their internship.
• Chen Mo finished reading his five-hundredth book and entered the Sci-Tech Library to claim a technology reward.
• Chen Mo chose the Butterfly Eye Smart Phone and received its design and Xiao Die’s source code.
• Xiao Yu returned with groceries and new clothes for Chen Mo and told him she would start work as the general manager’s assistant.
• Xiao Yu told Chen Mo that her internship company was Ant Army Company and that its general manager had said she looked familiar.

Chen Mo learned that Xiao Yu had joined Ant Army Company and asked Zhao Min to mentor her without revealing that he owned the company. With Mo Nv's help, he quickly completed the mobile phone assistant and motherboard designs, then began working on the phone's exterior as Xiao Yu returned from shopping.

• Xiao Yu told Chen Mo that she had joined Ant Army Company's Finance Department as an intern and had been made Zhao Min's assistant.
• Chen Mo called Zhao Min, confirmed Xiao Yu worked for the company, and asked Zhao Min to train her while keeping his ownership secret for now.
• Chen Mo told Zhao Min to prepare for the second phone model and said he would send its design the next day.
• Chen Mo worked with Mo Nv to organize the Mobile Phone Smart Assistant and motherboard designs in under three hours.
• When Xiao Yu returned from shopping with Li Ruoxi, Chen Mo stopped working with Mo Nv and started drawing the phone's exterior.
• Xiao Yu asked Chen Mo to dry her hair after her bath, and he went to get the hair dryer.

He Xiaoyu began her new job as Zhao Min’s assistant while Chen Mo worked on phone designs and integrated the Mobile Phone Smart Assistant into the Army Ant System. The chapter ended with Chen Mo testing the assistant and sending its source code, documentation, and system to Zhao Min.

• Xiaoyu and Chen Mo teased each other after her surprise, and she went to work the next morning while Chen Mo headed to his shop.
• Li Ruoxi congratulated Xiaoyu on becoming the president’s assistant and wished her luck before they parted ways.
• Zhao Min welcomed Xiaoyu warmly, gave her company information, and told her to ask questions as she settled into the job.
• Chen Mo directed Mo Nv to create four phone exterior designs and sent the designs and motherboard materials to Zhao Min.
• Chen Mo had Mo Nv integrate the Mobile Phone Smart Assistant into the Army Ant System, installed it on his phone, tested it, and sent the completed materials to Zhao Min.

Zhao Min tested Chen Mo’s Xiao Die smartphone assistant with the R&D team and decided to promote it ahead of the company’s second phone model. The chapter left Zhao Min preparing a launch while Chen Mo returned to reading.

• Zhao Min copied Chen Mo’s smart assistant materials to a USB drive and brought them to Lao Luo and Wang Sijia for testing.
• Lao Luo questioned whether Chen Mo had developed the assistant himself, and Zhao Min said the chairman had also created the Army Ant System.
• Wang Sijia tested Xiao Die and confirmed it could recognize voice commands in the background and control the phone’s apps hands-free.
• Zhao Min ordered the R&D team to prepare a second-phone prototype, package Xiao Die as paid software, and create a launch presentation.
• Zhao Min asked Xiao Yu to arrange publicity and a launch event, then told Chen Mo she planned to release Xiao Die as software before the phone launch.
• Chen Mo approved Zhao Min’s plan and returned to reading while waiting for the laboratory to be completed.

Xiao Yu discovered that Chen Mo was the mysterious chairman of the company and confronted him about hiding his business success from her. After venting her anger, she treated his bite wound, and the two reconciled.

• Zhao Min told Xiao Yu that she had first recognized her because Chen Mo had saved a baby during the shopping-street incident, while Zhao Min had been the victim of the bag snatching.
• Zhao Min asked Chen Mo whether he would tell Xiao Yu the truth, and Chen Mo decided to come clean that night.
• Xiao Yu overheard coworkers discussing the young, handsome chairman and realized that they were describing Chen Mo.
• Chen Mo told Xiao Yu that he had developed antivirus software during the global virus crisis, sold it to Seven Tiger Company, and used the money to start his company.
• Xiao Yu hit and bit Chen Mo in anger, then treated the wound on his shoulder before returning to the bedroom.

After Xiao Yu confronted Chen Mo about hiding that he was Ant Army Company's chairman, they reconciled, and Chen Mo went to the company to meet its management. He announced he would begin working there the next day and started introducing himself to the assembled managers.

• Xiao Yu explained how she had pieced together Chen Mo's identity and admitted she felt both happy and angry that he had kept it secret.
• Xiao Yu jokingly punished Chen Mo by forbidding him from touching her for half a year, and the two made up.
• At the company entrance, Zhao Min addressed Chen Mo as chairman, revealing his identity to Li Ruoxi and the employees.
• Chen Mo told Zhao Min to prepare his office and speed up the laboratory, and he assigned Li Ruoxi to the administration department under Li Lingfeng's guidance.
• Chen Mo joined the management team in the conference room and began introducing himself as the company's chairman.

Chen Mo attended his first senior-level company meeting, then toured the laboratory floor and discussed the operating system project with Wang Sijia. After setting up his office and securing access to his private laboratory, he activated Mo Nv and assigned her to monitor the company’s finances.

• Chen Mo listened as company staff introduced themselves and Yang Lin reported that preparations for the Intelligent Assistant launch were underway.
• Chen Mo confirmed to Wang Sijia that he had developed the Army Ant System and the Intelligent Assistant, then shared general guidance for developing the computer operating system.
• Zhao Min showed Chen Mo his renovated office, agreed to arrange bookshelves and find him a villa, and gave him the laboratory keycard and password.
• Chen Mo turned on five high-spec computers and called Mo Nv to his office.
• Chen Mo instructed Mo Nv to monitor the company’s financial system and bank accounts and alert him about unclear transactions.

Chen Mo monitored Ant Army Company's finances and continued experimenting with carbon crystal synthesis while preparing for the Intelligent Assistant launch. He and Zhao Min arrived backstage at the crowded event, where the product remained a mystery to the public.

• Chen Mo ordered Mo Nv to monitor the company's bank accounts and financial system, and she reported no accounting problems.
• Chen Mo continued testing carbon crystal synthesis, reviewed the results of his failed experiments, and asked Zhao Min to arrange equipment and a factory for future production tests.
• Zhao Min reminded Chen Mo that the Intelligent Assistant launch was that afternoon and persuaded him to attend with her.
• Chen Mo and Zhao Min traveled to Bin Hai Grand Theater, where hundreds of media outlets, fans, and mobile phone company representatives had gathered for the launch.

Chen Mo attended Ant Army Company’s launch event as Zhao Min unveiled Xiao Die, a voice-controlled mobile phone assistant that demonstrated hands-free control of a Butterfly Eye Phone. After presenting its capabilities as superior to existing assistants, Zhao Min warned that Xiao Die still had shortcomings.

• Chen Mo arrived at the crowded launch event and waited in the guest section as media outlets and livestream viewers filled the venue.
• Zhao Min introduced Xiao Die, Ant Army Company's Mobile Phone Smart Assistant, and its virtual face greeted the audience.
• Zhao Min demonstrated Xiao Die using voice commands to connect the phone to Wi-Fi and control other functions, surprising the audience.
• Zhao Min announced that Xiao Die would be available for download from Ant Army Company's official website after the event and described its features.
• Zhao Min acknowledged that Xiao Die had shortcomings, leaving the audience puzzled.

Zhao Min revealed Xiao Die’s limitations and monthly price before Ant Army Company launched the assistant to widespread attention. As Chen Mo watched the launch, Mo Nv alerted him that hackers were trying to invade the company’s servers.

• Zhao Min announced that Xiao Die supported Android and the Army Ant System but not IOS, and that it initially worked only in Chinese and English.
• Zhao Min set Xiao Die’s price at 20 yuan per month, with a ten-minute free trial.
• Reporters and visitors tested Xiao Die, and its launch quickly drew extensive media coverage and online discussion.
• Zhao Min returned to Ant Army Company, confirmed the servers could handle over one million visitors, and ordered Xiao Die listed.
• After Xiao Die went live, Mo Nv told Chen Mo that hackers were attempting to invade the company’s servers.

Chen Mo dealt with hackers targeting Intelligent Assistant’s source code while the assistant’s launch drew huge sales and global attention. The chapter ended with overseas media attacking Xiao Die as spyware and a knockoff as debate over the product spread online and affected the U.S. Stock Market.

• Chen Mo ordered Mo Nv to protect the database with fake encrypted files, track the intruders, and investigate seven hackers whose real locations were in North America, Island Nation, and Europe.
• Chen Mo learned that two hackers worked for Umbrella Corporation and Apple Inc., then had Mo Nv copy data from the hacker who breached the firewall and downloaded the fake files.
• Mo Nv opened videos of Teacher Bo Duo from the hacker’s computer, prompting Chen Mo to tell her to copy the other hackers’ computer data instead.
• Zhao Min learned that Intelligent Assistant had reached two million downloads and over one million paid subscriptions, and she ordered Lao Luo to upgrade the company’s servers.
• Foreign media and online commenters widely discussed Xiao Die, with many accusing Ant Army Company of spyware, surveillance, and copying Siri, while the U.S. Stock Market began to fluctuate.

Ant Army Company’s Intelligent Assistant drove Apple’s stock down and drew widespread attention, while a $10 billion valuation sparked debate about the company’s potential. As Zhao Min struggled to manage rapid expansion and a shortage of talent, she was told that HuaWei Terminal Company CEO Yu Chengnan had come to see her.

• Apple’s stock fell nearly 4% over three days as investors worried that its closed-source system could not support the Intelligent Assistant, and media reports focused on Army Ant’s growing threat.
• An Apple Inc. researcher tried to crack the files stolen from Ant Army Company, but Mo Nv’s tracking virus disabled his computers when he opened the encrypted data.
• Chen Mo heard Mo Nv’s report, smiled at the result, and went to the laboratory.
• Videos and complaints about Xiao Die’s cheeky voice interactions spread online, while Morgan Company valued Ant Army Company at $10 billion and many observers argued that the estimate was too low.
• Zhao Min dealt with the pressures of rapid growth, staffing shortages, and expansion before Xiao Yu told her that Yu Chengnan, CEO of HuaWei Terminal Company, was waiting in the reception room.

Chen Mo rejected Yu Chengnan’s offer to buy shares in Ant Army Company but agreed to discuss patent cooperation with HuaWei. On the way back, he told Zhao Min that the company would enter manufacturing and acquire battery and parts factories, while Zhao Min proposed buying an advertising company.

• Yu Chengnan asked Zhao Min about acquiring shares in Ant Army Company, but she said the company did not need financing and had already weathered pressure from others.
• Chen Mo met Yu Chengnan, rejected selling shares, and agreed to a memorandum of patent cooperation while refusing to license Intelligent Assistant’s technology.
• Chen Mo and Zhao Min discussed the risk of renewed trouble over Intelligent Assistant’s dominance and the progress on the company headquarters.
• Chen Mo told Zhao Min to fully acquire battery production plants and parts-processing factories as the company prepared to enter manufacturing.
• Zhao Min proposed acquiring an advertising company, Chen Mo approved, and he returned to his office to resume experiments.