Recaps

Su Bai stayed overnight in Lu Yuning’s studio and gave her a massage using his Causality Therapy skill. The therapy stirred Lu Yuning’s desire, and Su Bai spent the night with her.

• Su Bai teased Lu Yuning about studying the elastic fabric to make improved pajamas for the girls.
• Su Bai chose to sleep in Lu Yuning’s studio, and she nervously agreed to join him.
• Su Bai began massaging Lu Yuning, using Causality Therapy to ease her fatigue and soreness.
• Lu Yuning reacted to the warm energy and shyly admitted that she wanted Su Bai to hold her.
• Su Bai indulged Lu Yuning through the night in the studio.

Su Bai woke refreshed after spending the night with Lu Yuning, then made fish fillet congee in the clubhouse kitchen. Chen Yusheng came downstairs in an oversized shirt and open-crotch stockings, and Su Bai learned she had dressed for him the night before and waited for him in the master bedroom.

• Su Bai carefully covered the sleeping Lu Yuning and went downstairs to the clubhouse lobby.
• Su Bai caught a wild mandarin fish from the aquarium and prepared fish fillet congee in the kitchen.
• Chen Yusheng, wearing Su Bai's oversized shirt and black stockings, embraced him from behind and said she had woken hungry.
• Su Bai discovered Chen Yusheng's stockings were open at the crotch and teased her about her outfit.
• Chen Yusheng explained that Jia Lu had told her Su Bai would return to the master bedroom, so she had waited for him there in the stockings.
• Su Bai moved to make up for missing Chen Yusheng's surprise while she protested that the congee was not ready.

Su Bai visited Baiye Holdings' spring recruitment site and sat in on interviews, where he discovered the applicants had exceptionally impressive credentials. The chapter ended as he reviewed the résumés and realized the talent pool was unusually strong.

• Su Bai attended a dull lecture at Jiangcheng University with Chu Mingzhe and Xue Tao.
• Su Bai went to Baiye Holdings' recruitment center, where Wang Qiang and the executives nervously greeted him as President Su.
• Su Bai accepted Wang Qiang's invitation to observe interviews and took a seat at the interviewers' table.
• Lin Yu introduced himself and confidently interviewed for the Senior Investment Analyst position.
• Su Bai read Lin Yu's résumé and several others, finding their education and experience exceptionally impressive.

Su Bai left Baiye Holdings’ recruitment interviews to relax in his office, where Xu Xinran arrived to report on her work. After she described how she had countered smear campaigns and strengthened the company’s public image, she asked Su Bai for a tangible reward, leaving him tempted.

• Su Bai ended his visit to the recruitment interviews and returned to his office, leaving Wang Qiang and the executives to screen applicants.
• Xu Xinran entered Su Bai’s office and complained that he had been difficult to see, then said she had come to report on her work.
• Xu Xinran told Su Bai that she had blocked smear campaigns against Baiye Holdings, traced the people behind them, and arranged positive reports with state media.
• Su Bai praised Xu Xinran’s work and said her public-relations abilities were exceptional.
• Xu Xinran embraced Su Bai and asked for a tangible reward, and Su Bai asked what she wanted.

Su Bai and Xu Xinran decided to build an elite private school after discussing how to educate their future children. A system reward promising unlimited lifespan for educational merit drove Su Bai to commit vast funds and begin researching the required licenses.

• Xu Xinran proposed that Su Bai build a top-tier private school to educate their future children and attract wealthy families.
• Su Bai praised Xu Xinran's idea and agreed the school could become a prestigious project for Baiye Holdings.
• Su Bai's system announced that cultivating outstanding talent or improving regional education could earn him lifespan rewards without an upper limit.
• Su Bai excitedly vowed to build the world's best private school, with a budget as high as fifty billion.
• Su Bai began searching for the laws, permits, and approval procedures needed to establish the school in River City and recruit international students.

Su Bai visited Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya in the laboratory and announced that he planned to build Jiangcheng’s finest private school, backed by enormous funding. Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya enthusiastically began outlining plans for elite faculty, innovative curricula, facilities, and student resources.

• Su Bai arrived at the laboratory and greeted Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya while they worked on the smart stroller’s control algorithm.
• Su Bai told Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya that he planned to establish a private school covering kindergarten through high school, with an initial investment of one billion and more funding available.
• Chen Yusheng accepted the idea as a major educational undertaking and noted that it could address strained resources and raise Su Bai’s social standing.
• Li Xingya explained the fierce competition for teaching jobs and proposed recruiting top educators with generous salaries and benefits.
• Chen Yusheng and Li Xingya brainstormed plans for advanced STEM programs, arts and sports instruction, futuristic architecture, and high-quality dining.

Su Bai asked Liu Chenhu to help him secure land and licenses for a top-tier private school in River City, promising an initial investment of one billion. Liu Chenhu agreed to handle the approvals, then made his help conditional on Su Bai and Liu Chenyang having a child soon.

• Su Bai brought Liu Chenhu to a secluded farmhouse retreat and treated him to rustic dishes and aged liquor.
• Liu Chenhu praised Su Bai and asked why he had arranged the meal, and Su Bai said he wanted to build a private school in River City.
• Su Bai said the kindergarten-through-high-school project would be the best in Asia and would begin with a one-billion investment.
• Liu Chenhu warned that land, licenses, and departmental approvals would be difficult to obtain, then promised to arrange them within three months.
• Liu Chenhu withdrew his offer of a toast and asked Su Bai to hurry up and have a child with Liu Chenyang so he could become a grandfather.

Su Bai accepted Liu Chenhu’s challenge to night-fish at Liu’s secret spot, where his Master Level fishing skill and extraordinary strength helped him land a silver carp weighing more than fifty pounds. Liu Chenhu was left stunned and embarrassed, while Su Bai asked the farmhouse restaurant’s Boss to prepare the fish for a late-night snack.

• After dinner, Liu Chenhu challenged Su Bai to fish at his secret spot in Tianrong Mountain Reservoir.
• Liu Chenhu and Su Bai went to a secluded cove, where Liu set up expensive gear and bait while Su Bai used ordinary equipment.
• Su Bai activated his Master Level fishing skill and sensed a large fish swimming beyond Liu Chenhu’s baited spot.
• Su Bai hooked the giant fish and used his strength and fishing technique to battle it for more than ten minutes.
• Su Bai hauled a silver carp weighing more than fifty pounds onto the bank, leaving Liu Chenhu and the others astonished.
• Su Bai asked the farmhouse restaurant’s Boss to clean the fish so they could make chopped chili fish head.

Su Bai prepared boiled fish for Liu Chenhu, who was amazed by his cooking and praised him to his daughter Liu Chenyang. After dinner, Liu Chenyang invited Su Bai to a newly opened bar, and he drove there.

• Su Bai used extraordinary knife skills to slice the carp and cook a fragrant, spicy boiled fish.
• Liu Chenhu tasted the dish, devoured several bowls, and praised Su Bai's business, strength, and cooking abilities.
• Liu Chenhu left the farmhouse, and Su Bai planned to return to the East Lake Private Club.
• Liu Chenyang called Su Bai and invited him to have drinks at her friend's new bar.
• Su Bai accepted, got into his Koenigsegg, and drove to the bar.

Su Bai visited Wang Jie's new bar, Nightshade, with Liu Chenyang and watched its head bartender, Old K, perform flair bartending. After quickly understanding Old K's technique, Su Bai stepped behind the bar to try it himself.

• Su Bai arrived at Nightshade in his Koenigsegg, and Wang Jie eagerly welcomed him and Liu Chenyang.
• Wang Jie led Su Bai and Liu Chenyang to an exclusive booth, where Su Bai praised the bar's professional staff.
• Liu Chenyang asked Su Bai to join her at the bar, where Old K impressed the crowd with a flair bartending performance.
• Wang Jie introduced Old K and asked him to make drinks for Su Bai and Liu Chenyang.
• Su Bai watched Old K's advanced routine in detail and asked to try the bartending technique himself.
• Old K demonstrated a basic two-bottle toss and catch, and Su Bai picked up the practice bottles after studying his movements.

Su Bai stunned the bar by mastering flair bartending after watching Old K demonstrate, impressing Liu Chenyang and her friends. The chapter left Liu Chenyang blushing as she imagined having Su Bai’s child.

• Su Bai rejected the practice bottles and used four heavy glass liquor bottles to perform an astonishingly precise routine, finishing with a towering blue flame.
• Old K, Wang Jie, and the bar’s patrons were stunned by Su Bai’s performance, then erupted into cheers.
• Su Bai made a drink for Liu Chenyang and returned with her to the premium booth.
• Liu Chenyang’s friends praised Su Bai and teased her about securing their relationship by having his child.
• Liu Chenyang blushed as she remembered her father urging her to have children and found herself longing for a child with Su Bai.

Su Bai returned to Jiangcheng University, where Xue Tao bragged about taking Huang Ran on a dangerous, undeveloped hiking route at Black Wind Ridge. Su Bai refused Xue Tao’s invitation and warned him against taking his girlfriend there, leaving Xue Tao reconsidering the plan.

• Su Bai drove his Koenigsegg to Jiangcheng University and joined Chu Mingzhe and Xue Tao in their elective class.
• Chu Mingzhe complained that popular spring outing spots were overcrowded.
• Xue Tao described a wild route at Black Wind Ridge and said he planned to hike it with Huang Ran to impress her.
• Xue Tao challenged Su Bai to join the hike, but Su Bai refused and warned him that the route could be dangerous.
• Xue Tao reconsidered and decided to listen to Su Bai.

Su Bai invited Chen Yusheng on a countryside spring outing and took her shopping for hiking clothes and outdoor gear. They left with the supplies for their trip, which Su Bai hoped to enjoy while they still had time alone together.

• Su Bai called Chen Yusheng after class and invited her to a spring outing for two, then arranged to meet her that afternoon.
• Su Bai picked Chen Yusheng up at Jiang University's gate and drove her to MixC Mall.
• Su Bai bought Chen Yusheng several hiking outfits and shoes after she tried them on.
• Su Bai also bought sports bras, sun-protection gear, and other outdoor equipment, filling the car with shopping bags.
• Su Bai noticed Chen Yusheng looked more vibrant after a winter of exercise and physical conditioning.

Su Bai took Chen Yusheng to a private gymnasium for a full fitness assessment ahead of their hiking trip and her plans to prepare for pregnancy. Chen Yusheng’s exceptional results stunned the coaches, and the chapter ended with Wang Kaiping judging her physical abilities to be at entry-level athlete standards.

• Su Bai rented the gymnasium’s fitness section and explained that he wanted to assess Chen Yusheng’s condition after her winter training.
• Wang Kaiping initially assumed Chen Yusheng was too delicate for strenuous tests, but Su Bai and Chen Yusheng insisted on the standard professional procedure.
• Chen Yusheng scored 32 centimeters on the flexibility test and held a plank for three minutes and fifty seconds.
• During the treadmill test, Chen Yusheng maintained a steady pace as the speed reached 14 kilometers per hour and the incline reached five percent, so Wang Kaiping stopped the test.
• Chen Yusheng performed repeated 60-kilogram squats with excellent form, leaving Wang Kaiping and the other staff astonished.
• Wang Kaiping concluded that Chen Yusheng’s cardiovascular endurance, core strength, and relative lower-body strength met entry-level athlete standards despite her lack of professional training.

Chen Yusheng’s fitness tests showed that her strength and endurance had improved to entry-level athlete standards, and Su Bai began considering custom sports gear tailored to her. Wang Kaiping explained that such equipment was usually developed for elite athletes, leaving Su Bai without an immediate channel.

• Assistant coaches marveled at Chen Yusheng’s fitness results, and she credited her improvement to her exercise routine and Su Bai’s massages.
• Su Bai praised Chen Yusheng and teased her, while she blushed and playfully pinched him.
• Wang Kaiping admired Chen Yusheng’s athletic foundation and arranged for her detailed test data to be sent to Su Bai.
• Su Bai asked Wang Kaiping for ways to create custom sports equipment based on Chen Yusheng’s body and athletic traits.
• Wang Kaiping said custom equipment usually required dedicated research teams working with elite athletes, and admitted it was beyond his expertise.

Su Bai visited Lu Yuning to discuss Baiye Holdings expanding into custom sports equipment, hoping to use her design skills to create gear suited to each athlete. The chapter ended after Lu Yuning realized she had mistaken his proposal for something suggestive and blushed in embarrassment.

• Su Bai drove to the East Lake Private Club to discuss custom sports equipment with Lu Yuning.
• Lu Yuning welcomed Su Bai and worried that his frequent visits might make Sister Jialu and Sister Yusheng jealous.
• Su Bai explained that Baiye Holdings would develop custom outdoor gear and that he wanted Lu Yuning to design it.
• Lu Yuning misunderstood the proposal as a request for suggestive clothing and offered to design it.
• Su Bai clarified that he meant proper athletic gear tailored to the women's physical data and movement needs, and Lu Yuning blushed at her mistake.

Su Bai brought Lu Yuning to Jiangcheng University's Sports Science Laboratory to assess its equipment and research capabilities for developing athletic apparel. Lu Yuning judged the lab suitable for garment testing but said they would need a sports science expert to create top-tier sports equipment.

• Su Bai drove Lu Yuning to Jiangcheng University after learning that Professor Tang's research group specialized in sports biomechanics and sports science.
• Professor Tang welcomed Su Bai and Lu Yuning and showed them the laboratory's force plates, motion-capture system, and flexible pressure-sensor textile.
• Lu Yuning questioned Professor Tang about the sensor system's sampling frequency, sweat interference, and fabric mechanics, impressing him with her technical knowledge.
• Professor Tang proposed in-depth cooperation with Baiye Holdings, and Su Bai asked Lu Yuning whether the laboratory could meet their needs.
• Lu Yuning said the laboratory could support garment pattern correction and pressure tests, but they still needed a sports science professional.

Su Bai and Lu Yuning assessed Professor Tang’s lab as a potential partner for Baiye Holdings’ custom sports equipment project, and Su Bai promised initial research funding if the team submitted a feasible proposal. He then took Lu Yuning to Jiang University’s cafeteria, where she carefully picked Sichuan peppercorns out of her food, prompting Su Bai to joke about building her a peppercorn-picking robot.

• Su Bai asked Professor Tang to gather the lab’s hands-on researchers and core members for a meeting about Baiye Holdings’ sports equipment project.
• Lu Yuning questioned Li Bo about motion modeling, while Su Bai asked practical questions and Dr. Wang described the lab’s flexible-sensor work.
• Su Bai asked the researchers to submit a detailed research plan and budget within two days, promising that Baiye Holdings could transfer its first R&D funds the following week if the proposal was feasible.
• Lu Yuning asked Su Bai to take her to the Third Cafeteria for the spicy hot pot Chen Yusheng often ate with him, and he agreed.
• While they ate, Lu Yuning painstakingly picked Sichuan peppercorns out of her food because she feared their numbing taste.
• Su Bai teased Lu Yuning about her peppercorn sorting and joked that Chen Yusheng could develop a robot to remove them.

Lu Yuning took Su Bai’s joke about a Sichuan peppercorn-picking robot seriously and worked with Chen Yusheng to develop the idea. Su Bai revealed he had only been teasing them, and Chen Yusheng later returned to the study dressed seductively to punish him.

• Lu Yuning asked Chen Yusheng whether a robot that picked Sichuan peppercorns from mala dry pot was technically feasible, and Chen Yusheng outlined the engineering challenges and costs.
• Lu Yuning proposed designing the robot as a rabbit or kitten ornament, and she and Chen Yusheng spent over an hour discussing its design and technology.
• Zhou Jialu told Su Bai that Lu Yuning and Chen Yusheng had been working on the robot for hours, and Su Bai went to see them.
• Su Bai laughed when he discovered their serious research, and Lu Yuning realized his suggestion had been a joke before fleeing to her bedroom in embarrassment.
• Chen Yusheng scolded Su Bai for teasing Lu Yuning, then told him to wait in the study while she went to change.
• Chen Yusheng returned in a black silk slip dress, garter stockings, and heels, and told Su Bai that her outfit was his punishment.

Su Bai persuaded Chen Yusheng to wear garter stockings beneath a conservative outfit, then distracted her while she worked at Jiangcheng University. After she locked him out of her office, he decided to visit Li Xingya.

• Su Bai chose a wool skirt and turtleneck for Chen Yusheng, who agreed to wear black garter stockings beneath them.
• Su Bai drove Chen Yusheng to Jiangcheng University, where she began optimizing the smart stroller’s control algorithms in her private office.
• Su Bai teased Chen Yusheng by snapping the garter straps beneath her skirt until she could no longer concentrate.
• Chen Yusheng pushed Su Bai out and locked the office door, so he decided to go see Li Xingya.

Su Bai found Li Xingya exhausted and suffering from a migraine, then took her to his empty villa for a private treatment that turned intimate. By two o’clock, Li Xingya’s headache had disappeared, and she was soaking with Su Bai in the bathtub, embarrassed by his teasing.

• Su Bai visited Li Xingya in the laboratory and noticed her headache and exhaustion from working on the control algorithm.
• Su Bai massaged Li Xingya’s head during lunch break, easing her pain, then took her to Shanshui Diepin for a quieter treatment.
• Su Bai’s treatment at the villa grew intimate, and Li Xingya willingly embraced him.
• Su Bai carried the sore but refreshed Li Xingya to the bathtub, where she said her headache was gone and her body felt light.
• Su Bai teased Li Xingya about whether the massage or their intimacy had helped, and she blushed and hid in the bathwater.

Su Bai visited Jiangcheng University’s Sports Science Laboratory to hear its research pitch and consider an investment. After the presentation, doctoral student Zhou Jian privately warned him against entering a deep partnership with the lab, leaving Su Bai wanting an explanation.

• Su Bai drove Li Xingya to Jiangcheng University, where she nearly stumbled as she got out of the car.
• Professor Tang welcomed Su Bai and had senior PhD Li Guobing present the laboratory’s motion-capture and muscle-monitoring research.
• Su Bai listened to the laboratory’s presentation as Professor Tang and Li Guobing promoted its capabilities and sought investment.
• Zhou Jian approached Su Bai privately and advised him not to enter into a deep partnership with the laboratory.
• Su Bai asked Zhou Jian why he was warning him.

Su Bai questioned doctoral student Zhou Jian after Zhou warned him that Professor Tang and Li Guobing had exaggerated or falsified their lab’s technology results to attract investment. Zhou Jian returned to the conference room after Su Bai promised to protect his identity, leaving Su Bai wary of the research group.

• Zhou Jian privately told Su Bai that the lab’s surface electromyography system relied on copied open-source technology and used edited data to hide its failures during movement.
• Zhou Jian explained that the infrared motion-capture system was poorly calibrated, with students manually correcting test results and the claimed millimeter accuracy based on ideal static data.
• Zhou Jian revealed that Professor Tang had failed to deliver smart running shoes after taking 300,000 yuan from a shoe factory and now sought a larger investment partly to cover past failures and support Li Guobing’s graduation.
• Su Bai asked why Zhou Jian risked his graduation and funding by exposing the truth, and Zhou Jian said he could not accept deceiving investors with fake data.
• Su Bai promised to keep Zhou Jian’s disclosure secret, then sent him back to the conference room while reflecting that Jiangcheng University’s research groups varied in quality.

After learning that Professor Tang’s Sports Science Laboratory had falsified its technology and data, Su Bai decided to build an independent laboratory under Baiye Holdings instead. The system assigned him the project, transferred 500 million yuan in startup funding, and introduced rewards tied to the laboratory’s strength rating.

• Su Bai massaged Chen Yusheng and told her that Professor Tang’s group had copied designs, fabricated results, and sought Baiye Holdings’ investment to cover its failures.
• Chen Yusheng condemned the fraud and suggested postponing the project, saying their camping trip mattered more to her than custom equipment.
• Su Bai told Chen Yusheng he would establish an independent Sports Science Laboratory to develop high-quality equipment suited to Chinese body structures.
• The system assigned Su Bai a mission to build the laboratory and transferred 500 million yuan in startup funding to Baiye Holdings.
• The system activated a laboratory strength rating system that would grant rewards at five rating milestones.

Su Bai told Zhou Jialu about the five-hundred-million-yuan investment in a privately owned sports science laboratory and asked her to manage its operations with Su Shengsheng. He left the conversation confident that Baiye Holdings had the money, people, and direction to build it.

• Su Bai explained that he planned to build a fully owned laboratory after learning that Jiang University's sports science research was unreliable.
• Su Bai asked Zhou Jialu and Su Shengsheng to divide the laboratory's external operations and research oversight between them.
• Su Bai outlined plans for a project company, a site, equipment bids, recruitment, and a brief seeking help from Xia Lin.
• Zhou Jialu worried that the laboratory and Baiye Holdings' other projects would overwhelm her, while Su Bai suggested hiring more staff.
• Su Bai dismissed Zhou Jialu's concern about losing the investment, saying he had more money than he knew what to do with.