Chapter Summaries

Su Bai and Xia Lin shared a romantic camping trip, and Su Bai promised he could slow her aging through his system’s abilities. On the drive home, Zhou Jialu teased Su Bai about spending so long with Xia Lin, then got mocked for her stamina.

• Su Bai and Xia Lin talked about camping, and he promised to join her on future adventures.
• Xia Lin worried about their age difference, and Su Bai told her he had a way to slow her aging.
• Su Bai explained that his upgraded physical fitness gave him an ability to slow aging, improve physique, and enhance beauty.
• On the drive back at six in the evening, Zhou Jialu teased Su Bai for spending so much time with Xia Lin.
• Su Bai told Zhou Jialu that she should learn from Xia Lin’s stamina, and she fell silent.

Su Bai arranged special fitness training for Chen Yusheng and Zhou Jialu, hiring a sports medicine expert to teach them Kegel exercises. As they practiced together, Su Bai failed to realize how the training might affect him that night.

• Su Bai decided to put Chen Yusheng and Zhou Jialu through special training after dinner.
• Su Bai baited Chen Yusheng with the prospect of new moves he had developed with Xia Lin, persuading her to get on a treadmill.
• Su Bai told the girls that he had hired a female personal trainer through Xia Lin’s connections.
• The trainer arrived and mistakenly asked whether the women needed postpartum recovery instruction, prompting laughter before she explained her specialty.
• The trainer taught the group Kegel exercises, and Su Bai joined Chen Yusheng and Zhou Jialu in practicing them.

After an exhausting night with the women at Shanshui Diepin, Su Bai checked his class group and learned his math grades were perfect. He then arranged with Wang Haoran to start their game studio, and they planned to discuss renting an office the next day.

• Su Bai caught Zhou Jialu when she tried to flee the bathroom, then turned to the Wan sisters after his arousal persisted.
• Su Bai chatted in the class group, where students discussed newly posted math grades and Wang Haoran followed a Gacha game controversy.
• Su Bai learned the online game operations company they had commissioned was ready, and Wang Haoran praised how quickly it had been registered.
• Su Bai and Wang Haoran discussed the studio’s plans, including renting space near Shengxi Technology and possibly developing a game someday.
• Wang Haoran said he might buy an electric scooter, and Su Bai advised him to choose one with a removable lithium battery.

Wang Haoran prepared to inspect office space for the game studio he was starting with Su Bai, while Xue Tao worried about his midterm results and sought ways to improve his graduate school recommendation prospects. Xue Tao turned to technology competitions for extra points, though Su Bai doubted he was prepared for them.

• Wang Haoran reflected on becoming a game studio owner and planned to sleep early before inspecting office space the next morning.
• Xue Tao lamented his midterm math results and privately worried that his score of 78 put his graduate school recommendation chances at risk.
• Xue Tao asked Su Bai to find out Hu Ye's midterm score, but Su Bai told him to ask Hu Ye directly.
• Su Bai declined Xue Tao's invitation to join a freshman science and technology innovation competition.
• Su Bai learned that Xue Tao wanted competition bonus points to compensate for his poor exam results and worried that Xue Tao might struggle with his finals.

Su Bai spent the night drinking at OUT12, then went to try Jiangcheng University's newly popular pork rib clay pot congee. While he waited in line, students recognized him as an internet celebrity, and several acquaintances greeted him whom he could not remember.

• Xue Tao felt encouraged by Su Bai's advice and decided to work toward a new direction after failing his exam.
• Su Bai visited OUT12 alone, ordered wine and seafood, and stayed until dawn before taking a designated driver back to campus.
• Su Bai went to the cafeteria to try its pork rib clay pot congee and found a long line, including a student livestreaming it.
• A woman in line recognized Su Bai as an internet celebrity from the Computer Science Department, and he enjoyed the attention.
• Several familiar figures came over to greet Su Bai and offered to queue for him, but he asked who they were.

Su Bai ran into Xiao Xiong and the Anime Club girls at the cafeteria, joined them for clay pot congee, and learned about a niche buy-to-play mobile game they enjoyed. He downloaded the game to try it, while the group found the cafeteria’s local-style congee disappointing.

• Su Bai recognized Xiao Xiong after she introduced herself as a member of the Anime Club, then joined her group in line for clay pot congee.
• Su Bai and the girls discussed the cafeteria’s influencer promotion and the congee’s unusual local flavors.
• The Anime Club girls showed Su Bai a newly launched, inexpensive buy-to-play mobile game that they and Wang Haoran had been playing.
• Su Bai downloaded the game while eating congee made with soy sauce, mild spice, and lotus root.
• Xiao Xiong and the other girls tasted the congee and judged it less tasty than the jianbing guozi near the dorms.

Su Bai and Wang Haoran went to inspect office space for a game studio, and Su Bai decided that the refined but awkwardly divided sixteenth floor of Building C would suit them. He planned to lease the entire floor or buy it, leaving the studio’s expansion ready to move forward.

• Su Bai praised the indie game he was playing and discussed making a game with Wang Haoran, who worried the project might lose money.
• Su Bai told Wang Haoran that he was willing to spend money on games he liked and invited him to inspect office space.
• Su Bai and Wang Haoran met a property manager at Jiang University Industrial Park and learned that Building C’s sixteenth floor was difficult to rent because it was expensive and split into small rooms.
• Su Bai explained that the floor’s small, refined rooms suited a game studio and said he would take the entire floor, with only a few larger rooms needed for meetings.

Su Bai and Wang Haoran toured an office floor and visited Bangbang Technology Game Studio, whose struggling director mistook Su Bai for a playboy dabbling in game development. Su Bai found Director Du’s eccentricity amusing, and the studio’s future remained uncertain as it neared dissolution.

• Su Bai heard that the only active company on the floor was a game studio expected to dissolve within a week, and he asked to meet its staff.
• Su Bai and Wang Haoran recognized Bangbang Technology Game Studio as the maker of a niche mobile game they played and lamented its impending closure.
• The property manager introduced Su Bai and Wang Haoran to Director Du, who accused the property manager of trying to drive him out early.
• Director Du looked Su Bai over, called him a playboy playing at making games, and walked away with a bottle of Johnnie Walker.
• Su Bai praised Director Du’s whiskey choice and told the property manager that the director’s strange remarks did not bother him.

Su Bai toured Director Du’s struggling game studio and decided to buy the entire office floor for his own use. The real estate manager began arranging a discussion with the owner, while Director Du remained doubtful that Su Bai would invest in his game.

• Director Du showed Su Bai the studio’s meeting room and its listless employees.
• Su Bai asked whether he could buy the entire floor, and the real estate manager offered to contact the owner.
• The manager estimated the floor would cost a little over thirty million yuan, which Su Bai considered affordable.
• Director Du and the accountant discussed the studio’s unprofitable game and doubted that Su Bai would invest in it.
• Wang Haoran browsed the studio’s books and materials.

Su Bai inspected the game studio’s premises and decided to improve its employees’ working conditions, while Wang Haoran bonded with Director Du over old games. The chapter left Wang Haoran encouraging Director Du to keep developing his studio’s game.

• Wang Haoran spotted an old guidebook for a childhood game and began reminiscing with Director Du about their gaming experiences.
• Su Bai inspected the studio’s restroom and asked the property manager whether it could be renovated to improve employee benefits.
• Su Bai approved the premises and asked the property manager to contact the owner.
• Wang Haoran and Director Du discussed the studio’s games, and Director Du grew envious after learning Wang Haoran was about to become a studio boss.
• Wang Haoran told Director Du that the current game was fun and suggested adding content and polishing its presentation to improve sales.

Su Bai invested in Bangbang Technology after Wang Haoran identified the studio’s game’s weaknesses, giving the struggling team the funds to continue development. He left after signing a financing agreement, while the studio’s employees celebrated the prospect of improving the game.

• Wang Haoran explained the game’s limited content and poor presentation to Director Du, who praised his insight.
• Su Bai suggested promoting the game through cosplayers from Jiang University’s Anime Club and offered to fund the studio.
• Su Bai proposed investing twenty million yuan for ten percent equity, but the financing agreement was signed with ten million yuan transferred to Bangbang Technology.
• Director Du and the employees reacted with excitement and discussed hiring a skilled artist as Su Bai and Wang Haoran left.

Su Bai agreed to play tennis with Chen Yusheng and Liu Chen'ang, while the two women anticipated teaming up against him. Liu Chen'ang also reflected on how her relationship with Su Bai had gradually improved her weak constitution.

• Wang Haoran questioned Su Bai's decision to invest in the game company, and Su Bai defended the director's dedication to making games.
• Chen Yusheng joined Su Bai in class, hoping her presence would discourage other women from approaching him.
• Liu Chen'ang invited Su Bai to play tennis, and he asked Chen Yusheng to join them.
• Chen Yusheng accepted the invitation and privately messaged Su Bai about teaming up with Liu Chen'ang that night.
• Liu Chen'ang recalled that intimacy with Su Bai had improved her health and hoped to fully recover without the old Daoist's prescription.

Su Bai, Chen Yusheng, and Liu Chenyang prepared for tennis at Su Bai’s private court before their planned fight-to-the-death that night. At the court, Su Bai noticed Chen Yusheng’s stirrup socks and teased her about them.

• Su Bai suggested that Liu Chenyang return to her apartment and come back in her usual feminine appearance, and she eagerly agreed.
• Chen Yusheng worried that tennis would leave her too tired for the night, so Su Bai promised to help her conserve her strength and get ready.
• Su Bai took Chen Yusheng and Liu Chenyang to an all-you-can-eat Japanese restaurant and ordered them a calorie-conscious meal.
• The three arrived at Su Bai’s private tennis venue, turned on the lights and air conditioning, and explored the equipment room while they waited.
• Su Bai noticed Chen Yusheng’s stirrup socks, sat her on a bench, and teased her about showing her toes.

Su Bai, Chen Yusheng, and Liu Chenyang flirted and played together in the women’s changing room before their planned tennis game. Chen Yusheng took the lead in helping Yangyang, and Su Bai rewarded them after a few minutes.

• Su Bai massaged Chen Yusheng’s feet while Liu Chenyang went behind the wardrobe to change.
• Su Bai complimented Yangyang’s skin-colored stockings, and Chen Yusheng joked that he was looking down on her legs.
• Su Bai pretended to be injured and asked the two women to help reduce his swelling before tennis.
• Chen Yusheng encouraged the nervous Yangyang, and the two of them took positions on either side of Su Bai.
• After a few minutes, Su Bai rewarded them, and Chen Yusheng declared that he was nothing special.

Su Bai played tennis with Liu Chenyang and Chen Yusheng, then triggered a rare increase in Chen Yusheng’s maxed-out favorability and earned a lottery draw attempt. Meanwhile, members of Jiangcheng University's Anime Club learned that Bang Bang Dungeon had received investment and could continue development.

• Su Bai played tennis with Liu Chenyang while Chen Yusheng watched from the referee's chair, then took Liu Chenyang to the locker room and later let Chen Yusheng join them.
• Su Bai photographed the exhausted Liu Chenyang and Chen Yusheng and sent the picture to the Confidante Group, prompting the girls at home to demand their own team-building activities.
• The system detected Chen Yusheng's S-Class Goddess status, raised her favorability by one beyond its maximum, and awarded Su Bai a lottery draw attempt.
• Anime Club members used the upgraded activity room and heard a girl announce that Bang Bang Dungeon had received an important investment and could continue its project.

The Anime Club celebrated news that their favorite game had received funding and discussed its future updates. Photography Bro and Niu Zhihong dismissed the club’s excitement, while Niu resented how Su Bai’s customized three-million-yuan car had eclipsed his own campus celebrity status.

• The Anime Club members shared the game team’s funding announcement and eagerly discussed upcoming content.
• Photography Bro complained that the club members were wasting their college lives by caring about a game.
• Niu Zhihong told Photography Bro that the girls were chasing novelty and excitement rather than necessarily loving games.
• Niu Zhihong reflected on how Su Bai’s popularity had cut into his social-media traffic and campus attention.
• Niu Zhihong compared his million-yuan Panamera with Su Bai’s custom car and recognized that Su Bai treated the three-million-yuan vehicle as a toy to tinker with.

Niu Zhihong planned to rival Su Bai by creating a game studio to attract cosplayers, but Su Bai revealed that he had already invested in a game studio and offered the Anime Club a chance to collaborate. The club members eagerly volunteered, while Niu Zhihong dismissed Su Bai’s investment.

• Niu Zhihong told Photography Bro that sponsoring the Anime Club was a poor platform and proposed setting up a game studio to attract cosplayers.
• Photography Bro encouraged Niu Zhihong to invest, but Niu Zhihong claimed his venture capital company would not fund games and privately had no money for it.
• After club members announced that the struggling game had been revived, Su Bai said he had invested in its studio and invited Anime Club members to join its promotional collaboration.
• Niu Zhihong mocked Su Bai’s investment as a sign that his family was declining.
• Anime Club members got excited about the collaboration, and cosplayers privately told Su Bai they were willing to participate.

Su Bai sent Chen Yusheng and Yangyang home after exhausting them at the tennis hall, then stayed behind and showed Wan Xinyan a new ability. He left her eager to tell Wan Xinyue about the experience and promised to return for breakfast the next morning.

• Su Bai called Zhou Jialu to prepare late-night snacks and had the Wan sisters take Chen Yusheng and Yangyang home while he stayed at the tennis hall.
• Su Bai took Wan Xinyan aside and used his XX Great Emperor skill on her, impressing her with its unusual effect.
• Su Bai kissed Wan Xinyan goodbye and told her to make breakfast the next morning as her reward.
• Wan Xinyan secretly told Wan Xinyue about Su Bai's new technique during the drive, and Wan Xinyue regretted not joining them.
• Wan Xinyan and Wan Xinyue agreed to make breakfast together and wondered how Su Bai would push them to their limits next.

Su Bai finalized the purchase of a garment factory and an office building, then visited Lu Yuning to give her the factory materials and help launch her clothing project. The chapter ended with Su Bai, Zhou Jialu, and Lu Yuning preparing to celebrate with desserts and wine.

• Su Bai signed the deals for the garment factory and office building, bringing his account balance above five hundred million after cashback.
• Su Bai and Zhou Jialu decided to visit Lu Yuning and tell her that the factory was ready for her project.
• While driving, Su Bai used traditional medical techniques to stimulate Zhou Jialu, who reacted intensely and teased him about treating her while shopping.
• Su Bai and Zhou Jialu arrived at Lu Yuning's home and gave her the factory materials, promising that she could direct production remotely.
• Su Bai brought desserts and a bottle of wine they had shared when they first met, and invited Lu Yuning to celebrate.

Lu Yuning enjoyed the expensive wine Su Bai brought and worried that she was being kept despite feeling she had little to offer him. Su Bai reassured her that she could drink without concern for work, and the evening continued with her tasting sparkling wine.

• Su Bai brought Lu Yuning a bottle of costly red wine, and she offered to have its price deducted from her salary.
• Su Bai opened sparkling wine for Lu Yuning, who hesitated because she feared drinking too much before visiting the factory.
• Su Bai told Lu Yuning that the factory visit could be postponed and reminded her she did not need to treat the job like a regular position.
• Lu Yuning accepted the sparkling wine and savored it while reflecting that she might be kept by Su Bai.
• Su Bai and Zhou Jialu watched Lu Yuning enjoy the wine, unaware that she believed she provided little emotional value.