Chapter Summaries

At the club opening, Su Bai watched as wealthy guests picked drinking companions and stayed unmoved by the parade of women. After Xue Yimei suggested he hire a dedicated stylist team, Su Bai confirmed through the system that the expense could earn cashbacks.

• The bar owner toasted the guests, exchanged contact information with Su Bai, and offered to help with girls or drinks.
• Wu Hanyu explained that the guests were eager to choose companions because their parents kept them busy and under close watch.
• Su Bai declined to pick any of the women and said he preferred spending time with his Confidantes.
• Xue Yimei teased Su Bai about watching the women, and he praised her fashion sense instead.
• Xue Yimei suggested Su Bai hire a stylist and hairstylist team, and Su Bai verified that the system would reward the spending with cashbacks.
• Xue Yimei dismissed Wu Hanyu's earlier idea of hiring a stylist team, saying Su Bai had better looks to work with.

Su Bai noticed a distinctive handmade dress during a nightclub selection and chose its wearer, Sister Chen, to meet him. After scanning her, he discovered her real name was Chen Erniu, her relationship count was 99+, and her health status was listed as recovered.

• Su Bai asked Wu Hanyu to look for a reliable designer and said there was no upper limit on the salary.
• The rich young men inspected another batch of nightclub women, but Su Bai showed no interest until he spotted a woman in a pink-and-white dress.
• Su Bai pointed the woman out to Wu Hanyu, who called the manager to arrange for her to meet him.
• The woman introduced herself as Selina, while Su Bai used his system to learn that her real name was Chen Erniu and that she had 99+ relationships.
• Su Bai found Chen Erniu's handmade dress distinctive but felt no desire to casually pursue her.

Su Bai asked Sister Chen about her Demon Beast-inspired outfit, then learned it had been designed by her friend Lu Yuning. After Lu Yuning met him, Su Bai scanned her and discovered she was an S-Class beauty with no relationship history and mild chronic cervical spondylosis.

• Su Bai praised Sister Chen's outfit and asked where she had bought it, while Sister Chen mistakenly thought he was interested in her.
• Su Bai ordered a bottle of Romanee-Conti and sweet Georgian white wine, and the manager warned Sister Chen to keep him company properly.
• Sister Chen admitted that Lu Yuning had custom-made the outfit and offered to introduce them.
• Lu Yuning came to meet Su Bai, who scanned her and discovered her S-Class appearance and health condition.

Su Bai met Lu Yuning, a shy fashion designer, after recognizing the distinctive designs worn by her roommate. He praised her work and took her to a private room to discuss partnering with her in fashion design, where she remained nervous but found that he did not expect her to drink.

• Su Bai noticed Lu Yuning's roommate's unusual clothes and asked the manager to introduce him to their designer.
• Lu Yuning nervously apologized, and Su Bai reassured her that he wanted to discuss her designs.
• Su Bai praised Lu Yuning's use of fabric and color, and she eagerly explained the ideas behind her work.
• Su Bai suggested that they talk privately about finding a fashion-design partner, and Lu Yuning agreed.
• In a small nightclub room, Lu Yuning apologized for rarely drinking, and Su Bai told her he was interested in her professional skills, not drinking with customers.

Su Bai spoke with Lu Yuning about her design work and offered her a well-paid job creating risqué clothing for his Confidantes. Lu Yuning accepted, though she reminded herself that their relationship was strictly professional as she headed home with Sister Chen.

• Lu Yuning admitted that her small design company had withheld her salary for half a year, and Su Bai offered to hire her directly.
• Su Bai and Lu Yuning discussed her bold design ideas, and her affection for him rose enough to qualify for S-Class Goddess spending cashback.
• Su Bai offered Lu Yuning a monthly salary of one hundred thousand yuan, and she reluctantly accepted.
• Lu Yuning left the nightclub and met Sister Chen, who asked whether she had taken the chance to become Su Bai's woman.
• Lu Yuning denied any romantic intentions and explained that Su Bai had hired her to design clothes for his Confidantes.

Sister Chen encouraged Lu Yuning to pursue Su Bai after learning he had offered her a monthly base salary of one hundred thousand yuan. Lu Yuning remained embarrassed and worried that Su Bai might not like her.

• Sister Chen doubted that Su Bai had no romantic interest in Lu Yuning and urged her to spend more time with him.
• Lu Yuning admitted she had noticed Su Bai glance toward her figure and felt flustered thinking about him.
• Lu Yuning told Sister Chen that Su Bai had offered her a monthly base salary of one hundred thousand yuan, with bonuses and allowances separate.
• Sister Chen argued that the unusually high salary showed Su Bai was interested in Lu Yuning and urged her to pursue him.
• Lu Yuning worried that Su Bai might not like her, while Sister Chen encouraged her to show him more enthusiasm.

After leaving the nightclub, Su Bai rode with Wan Xinyue, who asked how he could tell her apart from her twin sister. He discussed commissioning custom maid outfits and starting a design studio, then messaged Xia Lin for advice.

• Su Bai left the nightclub after saying goodbye to his friends and had Wan Xinyue pick him up in the Mercedes-Benz GLE.
• Wan Xinyue asked how Su Bai distinguished her from Wan Xinyan, and he claimed he relied on instinct.
• Wan Xinyue asked about the woman Su Bai had been drinking with, and Su Bai described the fashion designer as creative and unusually perverted in her aesthetic tastes.
• Su Bai suggested having the designer make custom maid outfits and proposed setting up a design studio.
• Su Bai messaged Xia Lin to ask whether registering a studio would be enough to commission women's clothing.

Su Bai discussed setting up a fashion business to make custom clothes for his Confidantes and brought the Wan sisters to a hotpot restaurant. After sharing Lu Yuning’s designs with them, he explained his plan to buy a clothing company and left the sisters eager to wear whatever he chose.

• Su Bai asked Xia Lin for advice about making clothes for the women in his life, and she suggested buying an established company and offered to ask industry contacts for leads.
• Su Bai took Wan Xinyan and Wan Xinyue to the hotpot restaurant where he had first brought Chen Yusheng, and Wan Xinyan grew wary after learning Lu Yuning was a talented designer.
• Wan Xinyan asked Su Bai if she and her sister could sleep with him after dinner, and he agreed.
• Su Bai showed the Wan sisters photos of Lu Yuning’s designs and said he planned to buy a fashion company so she could make clothes for them.
• Su Bai explained that the company could take orders to keep its workers employed even if it made little profit, and the Wan sisters offered to wear the outfits he wanted.

After dinner, Su Bai spent the night with Wan Xinyan and her sister, then invited Liu Chenyang to visit Shanshui Diepin for a late-night bath. The chapter ended with Yangyang changing into an outfit Su Bai liked and heading over.

• Wan Xinyan complained that the hot pot lacked the rough, street-side flavor she preferred, and Su Bai teased her before taking her and her sister into the GLE.
• Su Bai realized the nanny room's separate wet and dry areas were convenient, while the Wan sisters fell asleep together and left him to return to the master bedroom.
• Yangyang called Su Bai after socializing, admitted she had been thinking about him, and asked about rumors that he planned to launch a clothing brand.
• Su Bai clarified that he only wanted to acquire a company to have clothes custom-made, then invited Yangyang to visit Shanshui Diepin and take a bath with him.
• Yangyang changed into Su Bai's favorite dress and goose-yellow cotton socks, then set out for Shanshui Diepin.

Yangyang visited Su Bai late at night and became intimate with him before they relaxed together in his bathroom. She planned to wear a steam eye mask while bathing with him so she could get used to the experience without feeling overwhelmed.

• Yangyang arrived at Su Bai's home and initiated an intimate encounter with him.
• Yangyang brushed her teeth and chatted with Su Bai about his bathroom and her father's traditional taste in furniture.
• Su Bai praised Yangyang's waist and said she and his girlfriend Shengsheng each had their own merits, which pleased Yangyang.
• Yangyang eyed Su Bai's large bathtub and asked him for a steam eye mask so she could soak with him while temporarily blocking her vision.

Su Bai helped Yangyang choose one of Shengsheng’s swimsuits before they shared a bath, and she shyly called him “Hubby.” The next morning, Zhou Jialu teased Su Bai about Yangyang’s visit and reminded him that he had a basketball game that day.

• Su Bai told Yangyang to wear a swimsuit for their bath and suggested she borrow one of Shengsheng’s.
• Yangyang appeared in a swimsuit, and Su Bai asked her to call him something else; she bashfully called him “Hubby.”
• Yangyang put on an eye mask and got into the bath with Su Bai.
• The next morning, Zhou Jialu teased Su Bai about Yangyang staying over and urged him to save his strength for the basketball game.
• Su Bai joined Zhou Jialu, the Wan sisters, and the others for a breakfast of crab roe buns and seafood claypot congee.

Su Bai arranged for Zhou Jialu to help fashion designer Lu Yuning resign from her exploitative studio. Zhou Jialu met Lu Yuning in her professional, intimidating guise, and the chapter left their attempt to get Lu Yuning out of the job underway.

• Su Bai ate crab roe buns with red sour soup while Zhou Jialu and Wan Xinyan traded playful compliments and bickered.
• Su Bai checked on Chen Yusheng, saw that she was sleeping peacefully after working late, and let her rest.
• Su Bai asked Zhou Jialu to help Lu Yuning resign, explaining that her soft personality made her vulnerable to being exploited by her boss.
• Zhou Jialu enthusiastically agreed, changed into a professional suit, and went to meet Lu Yuning.
• Lu Yuning instinctively shuddered when she saw Zhou Jialu, while the chapter established that her studio boss piled work onto her and treated her as an easy-to-exploit employee.

Lu Yuning went to resign from her studio job with help from Zhou Jialu, Su Bai’s assistant, and found the process far easier than expected. Zhou Jialu’s imposing appearance and promise of possible business cooperation changed the studio owner’s attitude, leaving Lu Yuning free to move to her new company.

• Lu Yuning woke late after asking her supervisor for permission to arrive late, then met Zhou Jialu outside her rental apartment.
• Zhou Jialu drove Lu Yuning to the studio and reassured her that she would help handle her resignation.
• Zhou Jialu’s expensive outfit and company car impressed the building’s security guard, who let the two enter without stopping them.
• The studio owner came out to meet Lu Yuning and initially complained about her leaving during a busy period.
• Zhou Jialu introduced herself as an assistant at Baiye Holdings and hinted that the company might collaborate with the studio in the future.
• The studio owner warmly accepted Lu Yuning’s resignation and wished her success at her new company.

After leaving her company, Lu Yuning thanked Zhou Jialu for helping her and learned that Zhou was younger than she was. Zhou invited Lu to breakfast and considered helping her move, while Lu began to imagine that her new job, friendship with Zhou, and feelings about Su Bai might lead to something wonderful.

• Lu Yuning packed her belongings and completed her resignation procedures with Zhou Jialu's help.
• Zhou Jialu told Lu Yuning to call her Little Deer and revealed that she was a fourth-year college student, two years younger than Lu.
• Lu Yuning vowed to learn from Zhou and do work that would satisfy Su Bai, while Zhou privately wondered whether Su Bai was interested in Lu.
• Zhou asked whether Lu could move from her shared apartment, and Lu said she would move wherever her boss needed her.
• Zhou linked arms with Lu and took her to find breakfast, leaving Lu delighted at the prospect of a close friendship.
• Lu imagined Su Bai as an idol-drama male lead and began wondering about love.

Su Bai considered ways to support his university department while arranging a housing allowance for Lu Yuning, whom he wanted to move out of the nightclub hostesses’ shared home. The chapter left him back in class, listening as Wang Haoran discussed the difficulty of their coursework.

• Su Bai floated holding algorithm competitions for the Computer Science Department, then decided to focus first on settling the clothing factory matter.
• Su Bai offered Lu Yuning a monthly housing allowance of twenty thousand and said he could lend her a down payment interest-free if she wanted to buy a place.
• Su Bai told Xiaolu that Lu Yuning should not move into Shanshui Diepin yet because its residents might overwhelm her.
• After the lecture resumed, Su Bai listened to the instructor explain the course, and Wang Haoran said programming was easy for him but university physics required work.

Su Bai watched his roommates struggle with programming and bicker about their girlfriends while Chu Mingzhe invited him to study. The group headed to lunch before their afternoon basketball game, where Chu Mingzhe said his girlfriend Leilei would come watch.

• Wang Haoran decided that decent grades were enough for him, while Xue Tao and Chu Mingzhe struggled to get their sample program working.
• Chu Mingzhe invited Su Bai to study at the library, but Su Bai declined and said he preferred studying elsewhere.
• Chu Mingzhe said his girlfriend Leilei studied physics and could tutor him, prompting him and Xue Tao to trade jabs about their relationships.
• Su Bai ordered several large dishes at the cafeteria and joined the roommates' argument about whether romance depended on material things.
• Chu Mingzhe said Leilei would watch their basketball game that afternoon, claiming the others would then understand her love for him.

Xue Tao prepared for a basketball game while hoping his girlfriend, Liu Yuanyuan, would come watch, and Su Bai drew attention with his warm-up dunk. Chu Mingzhe arrived with his shy girlfriend, and the chapter ended with Su Bai carrying more of the offense in a difficult game.

• Xue Tao sent Liu Yuanyuan a selfie in his number 23 jersey, and she wished him luck but did not say she would attend.
• Su Bai dunked during warm-ups, drawing excited attention from the girls watching from the sidelines.
• Chu Mingzhe brought his girlfriend Leilei to the court, but she covered her face and hid in a corner.
• Xue Tao messaged Liu Yuanyuan again, but she did not reply before the game began.
• Su Bai's team struggled with the indoor court and unreliable scorers, so Su Bai scored by collecting rebounds and putting them back against the opposing center.

After a basketball game, Su Bai turned down the opposing center’s invitation to join the school team and spent time with Xia Lin and his friends. He then asked the Anime Club’s buyer to find out what other assets a bankrupt rich bro was selling, leaving open the possibility of Su Bai buying more unusual goods.

• Su Bai declined the opposing center’s suggestion that he practice with the school basketball team.
• Xia Lin showed Su Bai her photos of him and offered to order food for the players.
• Chu Mingzhe said he would take Leilei to visit the Anime Club, which Su Bai realized he belonged to.
• Su Bai messaged Senior Sister Xiao Xiong about limited-edition figures the Anime Club had acquired from a collector in financial trouble.
• Su Bai asked Senior Sister Xiao Xiong to find out what other assets the seller had and get him a quote.

Su Bai explained Hu Ye and Leilei’s unusual date, while Xue Tao compared their relationship with his own and decided to improve himself through medicine and exercise. He planned to join the campus gym with Wang Haoran, though Su Bai teased him for arriving with excessive workout gear.

• Su Bai told Xue Tao that Hu Ye’s girlfriend had gone to look at plushies, and Xue Tao remarked that the couple seemed unusually harmonious.
• Xue Tao worried that his relationship with Liu Yuanyuan was lacking and blamed her impatience partly on his failure during their overseas hotel trip.
• Xue Tao said he would start working out and considered buying an annual gym membership, but Su Bai recommended the discounted monthly pass.
• Wang Haoran revealed that he had already been exercising for a week and invited Xue Tao to work out with him that night.
• Xue Tao imagined becoming a handsome bodybuilding hunk and checking out girls at the campus gym, then showed off an extensive collection of workout gear.
• Su Bai mocked Xue Tao for dressing as if he were going to play football rather than work out at the spacious gym.

Su Bai, Xue Tao, and Wang Haoran visited Jiangcheng University's gym, where Xue Tao rambled to a salesperson and Wang Haoran set a 40-kilogram bench-press goal. Su Bai warmed up on a treadmill, impressing the other gym-goers and drawing the attention of several girls.

• Xue Tao arrived at the gym in his usual excessive protective gear and claimed he could bench-press 40 kilograms.
• Xue Tao decided that Wang Haoran would aim to bench-press 40 kilograms.
• Xue Tao rambled to the female salesperson about his background, while Su Bai and Wang Haoran exchanged amused looks.
• Wang Haoran went to train with his male coach, and Su Bai started running on a treadmill.
• Su Bai ran quickly and effortlessly for more than ten minutes, attracting the attention of several girls nearby.