Recaps

Su Bai and Xia Lin shopped together, chose a luxury suite at the W Hotel, and spent an intimate evening there. As they watched River City’s nightscape, Xia Lin shared a childhood memory about being mocked for writing that she liked hotel views.

• Xia Lin had Su Bai put on light-colored arm sleeves, and he joked about her treating him like a doll before admitting he appreciated her care.
• Su Bai and Xia Lin chose a presidential suite at the W Hotel and arrived by elevator to enjoy the city view.
• Su Bai and Xia Lin became intimate in the suite, then Xia Lin asked to pause so she could look at the nightscape.
• Xia Lin told Su Bai she loved viewing cities from high hotel rooms and recalled classmates accusing her of showing off after her teacher read her childhood essay aloud.

Xia Lin and Su Bai relaxed together, talked about their childhoods, and went to the hotel gym for a workout. Xia Lin watched Su Bai lift extraordinary weights and concluded he was a natural lifter, while Su Bai reassured her about his health by pointing to his strong academic abilities.

• Xia Lin held Su Bai as they talked about their childhoods, and Su Bai recalled bullies at his elementary school.
• Xia Lin suggested they work out at the hotel gym because she had moved her training day ahead of their camping trip.
• Xia Lin watched Su Bai perform his exercises and marveled at how much weight he could lift.
• Xia Lin worried that Su Bai might use harmful bodybuilding drugs, and Su Bai reassured her by joking that his academic abilities proved otherwise.

Xia Lin and Su Bai worked out together before Xia Lin's mother called to check on her and remind her about the camping trip. After the call, they returned to their suite, where Su Bai teased the exhausted Xia Lin and let her shower alone.

• Xia Lin finished leg training with Su Bai spotting her, then invited him to do yoga stretches with her.
• Xia Lin's mother called, asked about her preparations for camping, and told her to take good care of Su Bai.
• Xia Lin told her mother she was with Su Bai and working out, while Su Bai continued doing yoga beside her.
• Su Bai carried the tired Xia Lin back to their top-floor suite after the call ended.
• Xia Lin refused Su Bai's offer to help her shower and staggered off to wash herself.

Xue Tao got up early to meet Huang Ran before their camping trip, while Wang Haoran watched him fumble through getting ready. At breakfast, Xue Tao ran into Chu Mingzhe and his girlfriend, and the two men bickered over their camping experience.

• Xue Tao’s alarm woke Wang Haoran, who watched him struggle to choose clothes, rush through drying his hair, and nearly spill tea on his computer.
• Xue Tao learned that Chu Mingzhe had likely spent the night with his girlfriend, then received Huang Ran’s message that she was waiting downstairs.
• Xue Tao met Huang Ran and took her to Jiang University’s cafeteria for breakfast.
• Xue Tao and Huang Ran ran into Chu Mingzhe and his girlfriend, who had stayed at a hotel but came to campus for breakfast.
• Xue Tao boasted about his camping experience, and Chu Mingzhe challenged his claims as the two argued while Landmine Girl ate quietly.

Xue Tao and Chu Mingzhe argued about their academic records over breakfast, while Huang Ran learned that Su Bai was their dorm’s top student and was camping with counselor Xia Lin. Xue Tao described Su Bai and Xia Lin as unusually close, leaving Huang Ran curious about their relationship.

• Xue Tao and Chu Mingzhe bragged and bickered about their university and grades while Huang Ran and Landmine Girl listened.
• Chu Mingzhe said Wang Haoran earned near-perfect scores, and Huang Ran learned Su Bai was an excellent student.
• Su Bai joined the group for breakfast and told Huang Ran he had come camping with counselor Xia Lin, an experienced climber.
• Huang Ran privately asked Xue Tao about Su Bai and Xia Lin, and Xue Tao said they might be sworn siblings whose families knew each other.
• Su Bai explained that Xia Lin was going straight to the meeting point, while Huang Ran suspected Xia Lin had romantic feelings for him.

Su Bai watched Xue Tao and the Outdoor Association vice president compete over Liu Yuanyuan while Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran traded barbs over Xue Tao. The spectacle earned Su Bai a system reward that raised his Intelligence to 95 as the group prepared to board the electric coaches.

• Su Bai watched Chu Mingzhe try to comfort Landmine Girl while the group gathered outside the Mysterious International Student Art Development Center.
• Xue Tao greeted the Outdoor Association vice president, and the two men tried to overpower each other in a handshake over Liu Yuanyuan.
• Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran exchanged pointed remarks about Huang Ran's clothes, their studies, and how Xue Tao should live.
• Su Bai enjoyed watching the two pairs compete, and the system rewarded him with 50,000 yuan and five Intelligence points.
• Su Bai checked his system panel and saw that his Intelligence had reached 95.

Su Bai watched Xue Tao struggle through an awkward camping trip with Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran, then turned his attention to Chu Mingzhe and Landmine Girl. As the group set off, Liu Yuanyuan rode with the upperclassman in his AITO M9 while Xue Tao admitted he had planned to end their relationship.

• Su Bai slipped away from Xue Tao’s tense group and checked on Chu Mingzhe and Landmine Girl, but they gave him no attribute rewards.
• Xia Lin arrived and joined Su Bai, while people nearby speculated about their relationship.
• The event organizer confirmed everyone’s attendance, and the camping group departed with buses and several expensive vehicles.
• The upperclassman drove away in his AITO M9 with Liu Yuanyuan, leaving Xue Tao wishing he had brought his Cayenne.
• Huang Ran comforted Xue Tao, who said he had planned to talk with Liu Yuanyuan because their relationship existed in name only.
• The upperclassman enthusiastically described the AITO M9’s features to Liu Yuanyuan as they rode.

Liu Yuanyuan weighed her interest in the senior against her desire to keep Xue Tao as a source of money, while the senior lost interest in her after noticing Su Bai’s expensive off-road vehicle. As Xia Lin drove the convoy, Su Bai offered to use his Source Physique to refresh her.

• Liu Yuanyuan admired the senior’s car but resented his impatience and worried about losing Xue Tao as an ATM.
• The senior tested Liu Yuanyuan’s reaction to his sexual hint, decided she was difficult to deal with, and considered switching to another woman.
• The senior spotted Su Bai’s modified Land Rover Defender OCTA and praised its off-road equipment and high price.
• The convoy set off, and the senior resolved to find an excuse to leave Liu Yuanyuan at the campsite.
• Xia Lin drove the Land Rover, and Su Bai offered to refresh her with his Source Physique.

Su Bai and Xia Lin drove to Tianrong Mountain with the camping group, where they planned to enjoy the scenery and spend time together. After the group arrived and started the hike, the vice president abandoned Liu Yuanyuan to travel with a male student, while Su Bai and Xia Lin led the way.

• Xia Lin agreed to follow the group to Tianrong Mountain, and Su Bai promised to help her wake up during the free activity time.
• Su Bai told Xia Lin about his childhood habit of lying in fields to watch the clouds, and she offered to take him to more beautiful places.
• On the bus, Huang Ran leaned against Xue Tao and listened as he showed off his hiking gear and gave another lecture about outdoor equipment.
• The group reached Tianrong Mountain and prepared to hike a familiar route to a campsite halfway up the mountain.
• The vice president told Liu Yuanyuan he had to travel with a male student because of family matters, then quickly left her behind.
• Su Bai and Xia Lin led the group up the trail because they were the fittest attendees.

Su Bai carried the injured Xia Lin up Tianrong Mountain and secretly spent time with her at the campsite. Xia Lin’s affection increased, and Su Bai received a master-level cooking skill from the system.

• Xue Tao’s stamina faltered on the hike, while Huang Ran watched him fall behind and Chu Mingzhe struggled to keep up with Leilei’s complaints.
• Xia Lin twisted her ankle, and Su Bai offered to carry her to the campsite.
• Su Bai carried Xia Lin and both of their bags up the mountain, joking with her along the way.
• After reaching the campsite ahead of the others, Su Bai led Xia Lin behind a large rock to replenish their energy and fool around.
• Xia Lin’s affection for Su Bai increased, and the system rewarded him with the master-level Culinary Saint skill.

Su Bai treated Xia Lin’s ankle at their secluded campsite before preparing a meal with Black Gold Abalone. As the outdoor group settled in, Xue Tao focused on his plans with Huang Ran, while Xia Lin found herself imagining a future with Su Bai.

• Su Bai used Causality Therapy (Master Level) to treat Xia Lin’s mild ankle injury in their tent.
• Other campers noticed Su Bai’s expensive Hilleberg tent, while Xue Tao showed off his camping setup and Huang Ran helped him pitch it.
• The vice president explained that he and Liu Yuanyuan were spending time apart, and Xue Tao remained determined to clarify his relationship with her that night.
• Su Bai brought out Black Gold Abalone for lunch, and Xia Lin shared that she had once been afraid of eating black foods.
• Su Bai prepared to cook the abalone as Xia Lin enjoyed their time together and imagined a future with him.

While camping with Xia Lin, Su Bai prepared several dishes from Black Gold Abalone and earned her appreciation. Her favorability triggered a reward that gave him Perfect-Level Technical Diving, and Xia Lin offered to take him diving with her.

• Su Bai skillfully prepared Black Gold Abalone sashimi, liver sauce, and fried rice for Xia Lin.
• Xia Lin praised the food, and her favorability increased, rewarding Su Bai with Perfect-Level Technical Diving.
• Su Bai examined the new skill and found that it had improved his diving knowledge, physical control, balance, physique, and intellect.
• Xia Lin told Su Bai about her own diving experience and offered to go diving with him.

Su Bai made plans to travel to Shanghai during winter break to pursue diving certification and enjoy the city, while Chu Mingzhe cared for Leilei after she fell ill on a mountain outing. The chapter left Chu Mingzhe and Xue Tao discussing their troubled romances and Xue Tao beginning a new relationship with Huang Ran.

• Su Bai asked Xia Lin to connect him with a diving instructor in Shanghai and decided to visit during winter break.
• Xia Lin offered to arrange Su Bai’s travel, but he insisted on choosing his own hotels and teased her about introducing him to girlfriends.
• Chu Mingzhe gave the feverish Leilei medicine from Xue Tao’s extensive medical kit and coaxed her to sleep.
• Chu Mingzhe went outside for air and ran into Xue Tao, who explained that Huang Ran had gone to nap and that he wanted to take their relationship slowly.
• Chu Mingzhe realized Xue Tao had been unhappy with Liu Yuanyuan and was relieved to begin a new relationship with Huang Ran.

Liu Yuanyuan struggled to deal with Huang Ran’s growing closeness to Xue Tao, while Su Bai spent the night with Xia Lin. The next morning, Su Bai learned that Xue Tao’s attempt to break up with Liu Yuanyuan had ended in a fight and a trip to the hospital.

• At the bonfire, Liu Yuanyuan watched Huang Ran dance with Xue Tao and grew resentful as her own attempts to approach him and the vice president failed.
• Su Bai got Xia Lin to fall asleep in their tent, then lay beside her and dozed off.
• The next morning, Su Bai explored the forest and returned to camp with a bag of mushrooms identified as safe to eat.
• Chu Mingzhe told Su Bai that Xue Tao had tried to break up with Liu Yuanyuan, but Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran had fought instead.
• Xue Tao was taken to the hospital after being kicked in the groin while trying to break up the fight.

Su Bai and Xia Lin spent the morning sharing breakfast and packing up their campsite after a romantic night together. On the drive down the mountain, they discussed Xue Tao’s hospital visit and the still-unidentified person who kicked him.

• Su Bai made Wagyu udon for breakfast, and Xia Lin teased him with a kiss before retreating to the tent.
• Xia Lin said she had turned off her phone after learning Xue Tao was hospitalized and planned to visit him after packing up.
• Su Bai and Xia Lin packed their tent and took their garbage with them as campers began leaving the campsite.
• Xia Lin learned that Xue Tao was not seriously hurt after turning her phone back on.
• Su Bai told Xia Lin that Old Chu was reporting live from the hospital, where two women were arguing over who had kicked Xue Tao.

Su Bai and Chu Mingzhe visited Xue Tao in the hospital, where Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran were still arguing over who had injured him. Su Bai proposed identifying the culprit from the shoe print on Xue Tao’s pants, and the two found a clear print that looked like it came from Balenciaga studded snow boots.

• Su Bai and Xia Lin arrived at the hospital and found Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran arguing in the hallway.
• Xia Lin calmed the women and took them aside to question them, while Chu Mingzhe told Su Bai that Xue Tao was bruised but otherwise fine.
• Su Bai suggested comparing the shoe print on Xue Tao’s pants with Liu Yuanyuan’s and Huang Ran’s shoes to identify who had kicked him.
• Su Bai and Chu Mingzhe inspected Xue Tao’s clothes and found a clear shoe print that appeared to come from Balenciaga studded snow boots.

Su Bai used the shoe prints on Xue Tao’s pants to identify Liu Yuanyuan as the one who kicked him, clearing Huang Ran of the accusation. After resolving the dispute, Su Bai went to the laboratory and caught Li Xingya secretly watching something on her computer.

• Su Bai asked Xia Lin to inspect Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran’s shoes for clues about who had kicked Xue Tao.
• Xia Lin found that both women wore the same Balenciaga studded boots, but Su Bai noticed their soles had different patterns.
• Su Bai explained that both pairs were fake and matched Liu Yuanyuan’s zigzag-patterned sole to the shoe print on Xue Tao’s pants.
• Xue Tao concluded that Liu Yuanyuan had kicked him, and Xia Lin took over arranging the medical expense compensation.
• Su Bai dropped off his luggage at Ascott and went to the laboratory, where he found Li Xingya secretly watching something on her computer.

Su Bai visited Professor Luo’s laboratory and secretly watched Li Xingya browse gossip about his camping trip with Xia Lin. He teased her after overhearing her wistful fantasies, startling her with his sudden appearance.

• Su Bai arrived at the laboratory, where the senior students greeted him as a prominent figure and investor.
• Su Bai approached Li Xingya, who was looking at a post about his camping trip with Xia Lin.
• Li Xingya sighed over the post and said she wished she could go camping with Su Bai, even just to carry his bags.
• Li Xingya found a blurry photo of Su Bai carrying Xia Lin, and Su Bai leaned close to criticize how short the picture made him look.
• Li Xingya sprang up in shock after realizing Su Bai had been standing behind her.

Su Bai invited Li Xingya to go camping and night fishing with him by a reservoir, and his spontaneous plans made her long for a freer life. He left her at the laboratory with an outfit compliment and an elaborate dessert set, while Li Xingya felt increasingly touched by his attention.

• Su Bai caught Li Xingya gossiping and, after reassuring her, invited her to camp and fish by a reservoir that night.
• Li Xingya hesitated over imposing on Su Bai and worried that Chen Yusheng might mind, but Su Bai insisted and arranged to pick her up after dinner.
• Su Bai complimented Li Xingya's outfit and said he remembered her trying it on at the store.
• Su Bai ordered Li Xingya a lavish dessert set, which delivery workers brought to the laboratory and left her amazed.

Chen Yusheng waited for Su Bai at their office, reflecting on her insecurities about Xia Lin and wanting to spend more time gaming with him. After Su Bai returned from visiting Brother Tao, he sat with Chen Yusheng as she played ranked, then pulled her onto his lap and flirted with her.

• Chen Yusheng played games at the office and wondered whether Xia Lin was a better match for Su Bai because of her maturity and family background.
• Su Bai returned from visiting Brother Tao with Xia Lin and told Chen Yusheng how Liu Yuanyuan and Huang Ran had accidentally bought matching counterfeit shoes.
• Chen Yusheng's ranked match began, and Su Bai sat beside her to watch.
• Su Bai lifted Chen Yusheng onto his lap so she could play while leaning against him.
• Su Bai complimented Chen Yusheng's back and said she would look good in a backless gown, while she admitted she was unfamiliar with formal dresses.

Su Bai spent time with Chen Yusheng before heading out to pick up Li Xingya and choosing ingredients for their outing. At the warehouse, the manager eagerly served him, hoping to win a role in Su Bai’s future private club business.

• Su Bai asked Lu Yuning to prepare a conservative gown and matching underwear for Chen Yusheng, then distracted her while she played a game.
• Chen Yusheng won the match quickly by repeatedly ganking the enemy bot lane, and she and Su Bai moved their private time to the sofa.
• Afterward, Su Bai left the Entrepreneurship Park and drove toward the Normal University to pick up Li Xingya.
• Su Bai stopped at his ingredient supplier’s fresh food warehouse to select food for the outing and test his Culinary Saint skill.
• The warehouse manager showed Su Bai around and hoped to secure a share of the ingredient supply business for Su Bai’s planned private club.

Su Bai arranged to buy a fresh bluefin tuna so he could practice breaking it down himself. Meanwhile, Li Xingya prepared nervously for an overnight outing with him, while her roommates guessed at the identity of the person she was meeting.

• Su Bai asked the warehouse manager to save a bluefin tuna for him to break down and send it to Ascott when it was ready.
• Su Bai requested a fish-filleting knife because he wanted to test his improved knife skills.
• Li Xingya debated wearing makeup before her overnight outing with Su Bai and worried that she might be imagining his romantic interest.
• Nail Art Sister teased Li Xingya about going on a date and guessed that she was meeting a handsome student from another university.

Nail Art Sister heard Huang Ran’s account of her confrontation with Liu Yuanyuan, then joined the dorm’s speculation about whether Li Xingya was dating someone. The girls saw Li Xingya leave with Su Bai in a luxurious Land Rover Defender OCTA, and Su Bai took her to the reservoir.

• Nail Art Sister listened as Huang Ran complained about Liu Yuanyuan and defended her own actions in the confrontation.
• Nail Art Sister asked Huang Ran whether Li Xingya was close to any men at Jiang University, prompting the girls to speculate about Li Xingya’s clothes and love life.
• Nail Art Sister and Guo Xiaoyan saw Li Xingya get into a pristine Land Rover Defender OCTA parked outside the dorm.
• Su Bai drove Li Xingya toward the reservoir and told her they could buy anything she wanted to eat on the way.
• Li Xingya said she would eat whatever Su Bai chose and insisted she was not picky.

Su Bai took Li Xingya fishing at a suburban reservoir and gave her a chance to relax after years of striving for opportunities. After she returned from touching up her makeup, Su Bai wiped lipstick from her mouth, embraced her, and kissed her, leaving Li Xingya blissfully leaning against him.

• Su Bai arranged to borrow a fishing spot from an older fishing buddy and secretly ordered a surprise for Li Xingya.
• Su Bai and Li Xingya went to the suburban reservoir, where she quickly enjoyed fishing and reflected on how much she depended on the opportunities Su Bai and Chen Yusheng had given her.
• Li Xingya suddenly stood up to touch up her makeup, and Su Bai quietly told her not to scare the fish.
• When Li Xingya returned, Su Bai teased her about only applying lipstick and pointed out that it was crooked.
• Su Bai wiped the lipstick from the corner of Li Xingya's mouth, put an arm around her waist, and kissed her as she closed her eyes and accepted him.

Li Xingya grew closer to Su Bai during their evening by the reservoir, then joined him in preparing Seafood Rice and barbecue. As they cooked together, she imagined a future with him, while Su Bai hinted at spending the night together.

• Li Xingya worried that Teacher Chen might be angry about her closeness with Su Bai, but Su Bai reassured her and told her to relax.
• Li Xingya shyly asked Su Bai to keep kissing her, and he agreed before they separated when she became hungry.
• Li Xingya recalled her difficult upbringing and resolved that her future children would receive a better education, then wondered whether they might attend an elite private school.
• Li Xingya helped Su Bai prepare vegetables while he cut seafood for their meal by the reservoir.
• Su Bai told Li Xingya to eat her fill so she would have energy tonight.